Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 225 Can't Miss One

Compared with any state in the world, Africa can be said to be rich in resources.

The richness of Africa is not only forests and land, but also the reserves of mineral resources are astonishing. Its mineral reserves account for more than two-thirds of the world's reserves, and it has more than half of the world's reserves of gold, platinum, palladium, cobalt, diamonds, and a large number of Uranium, manganese, and chromium, as well as petroleum, which accounts for more than ten percent.

Therefore, Roque really does not need to look far away, as long as the local resources in South Africa are fully developed, it is enough to support a powerful country.

Or rather, a strong "region".

After all, South Africa is still part of the United Kingdom. Even if South Africa is self-governing in the future, South Africa has not separated from the Commonwealth for a long time, but stayed in the Commonwealth. When South Africa truly becomes an independent country, it will take until 1961.

South Africa in this time and space should not wait until 1961 to separate from the Commonwealth and truly control its own destiny.

There are still 1961 years until 60, so Roark still has time, don't rush, take your time.

Back in Johannesburg, Roque urged Douglas to continue to hire all kinds of talents from the UK. Now it is not limited to professors and graduates. Roque needs all kinds of talents, especially in industries with strong professionalism. , and only the UK has the strongest talent pool in the world.

This profession is relatively strong, not referring to lawyers and priests. Rock does not need these two industries. What Rock needs are engineers, accountants, doctors, professors and other industries that do not play tricks. Here in Rock, these industries Experts can be called talents.

"Sir, Johannesburg doesn't actually need these high-level talents. Can you imagine graduates from the University of Aberdeen teaching children to recognize the English alphabet in elementary schools? This is a waste of talent." Douglas does not recommend hiring too many high-level talents. In Douglas' view, a situation similar to that of the Big Via Primary School is absolutely a waste.

Ziwei Town Primary School has started classes. There are a total of 260 students in the first batch, all of whom are children of the residents of Ziwei Town, ranging in age from 6 to 26 years old. The English alphabet cannot be fully recognized, and the teaching can only start from the alphabet, which makes Tony Tracy, who is in charge of the school, very depressed.

Tony Tracy is a student of Professor Caleb Meg, and the University of Aberdeen is also a top-ranked university in the UK. It has a deeper foundation than University College London. There are only more than 300 graduates every year. From this perspective That said, it is indeed a waste of talent.

Of course, being in charge of the school does not mean that Tony Tracy is required to teach in person. There are many talents who can do these basic tasks in the concentration camp. Based on Rock's current relationship with the expeditionary force, basically whoever Rock wants, he can go. A program can be taken away, and no one will oppose an imperial nobleman in these trivial matters.

Strictly speaking, Tony Tracy is the principal of Ziwei Township Primary School. Besides Tony Tracy, Ziwei Township Primary School has more than ten other teaching staff. According to Douglas, these ten teachers are actually The employees are also highly qualified. Among them are professors from the University of the Cape of Good Hope, senior government employees from the Transvaal Republic period, and graduates from local British institutions of higher learning. They were locked up in concentration camps, isn't this a greater waste of talent?

The expeditionary army will not care about these!

"Don't limit your eyes to this period. At present, there is indeed only one primary school in Ziwei Town, but in a few years, Ziwei Town will need a middle school to continue to provide education for those primary school graduates, and even in a few years, There will be higher-level schools in Bigwig Town, so this is really not a waste of talents. Although Tony’s current job does not seem to be very important, I can guarantee that after ten years, Tony will be among the students brought by all the professors. , the status must be outstanding." Rock wanted Douglas to appease Tony.

"Sir, not everyone can see that far." Douglas admitted that what Roque said was true, but at the same time, he also believed that there are hidden dangers in retaining talents by drawing cakes.

"Professor, we can't please everyone. Even the king can't do this. Our patience is only reserved for those who believe in us and recognize the prospects of Bigwig Town. Time will prove who is right and who is wrong. Many prime ministers They all graduated from Eton College, but not all Eton students can be prime ministers." Rock wants to retain talents, but he will not compromise unconditionally in order to retain talents. Anyway, Rock is giving the opportunity. If you can't grasp it, it depends on whether those graduates have vision.

Rock has always believed that not everyone is worthy of help. For example, those who obviously only need to spend a little money, and don’t even need to spend money themselves. But the Chinese who are unwilling to act, they are not worthy of help.

In the Rock Gold Mine, although more and more Chinese are buying farms, there are still many Chinese who follow the old ways. Not only do they not buy farms themselves, they even sneer at those who have already bought farms and those who are willing to buy farms. Maybe they think , Locke Gold Mine encourages Chinese to buy farms, exploiting workers in a disguised form, trying to recover the wages paid to workers.

For such people, what else can Rock have to say, so he has to wait for their three-year contract to end and send them back to the Qing Dynasty.

I just wonder if they will regret not seizing the opportunity when they think of this experience in Johannesburg when they are homeless, hungry and cold ten or twenty years later.

It doesn't matter, poor people must have something to hate, and Rock will not give them the farm for free in order to let those Chinese stay.

What's more, even if they give it away, they don't need it. People with dark minds see everything as a conspiracy.

Looking back, Rock still went to Bigwig Town to hear what Tony had to say.

Tony has been very busy lately.

Ziwei Town Primary School has just started school. In order to attract more parents to send their children to school instead of helping the family at a young age, Ziwei Town Primary School not only does not charge tuition fees, but even provides free lunch every day. In the future, the school will He will even order uniform uniforms for all the students. Rock is determined to make Ziwei Township Primary School a world-renowned school like Eton College, so the current name of Ziwei Township Primary School is Ziwei Public School.

The current Big Via Public School only has the Primary School, and in the future, the Big Via Public School will add the Secondary School. Now the land for the Secondary School has been planned, and the ground will be broken next year. After the Secondary School is completed, the Big Via Public School will be able to accommodate 3000 students, both in size and facilities, are second to none in all four Cape regions.

Before the start of the school year, Bigwig Public School has carried out publicity for two months. Tony led the teaching staff to every farmhouse around Bigwig Town to ensure that everyone knows the benefits that Bigwig Public School provides to students .

Even so, there were still many parents who did not send their children to the school when Bigwig Public School started.

Tony is not in a hurry. The school is a new thing after all. It will take a process for parents to accept it. In the entire Cape, Bigwig Public School is the first school to provide free education for school-age children. This kind of good thing is rare. It is normal for parents to have doubts.

The turning point came in the second weekend.

The management of Bigwig Public School is very strict. The school implements a boarding system, and students can only leave school and return home on weekends.

Children who return home will naturally be greeted by their parents in various ways, so the topic of Bigwig Public School is rapidly fermenting around Bigwig Town.

At the end of the second weekend, many parents took the initiative to send their children to the school. Even those farmers who were far away from Bigwig Town also sent their children here on horseback. So these days, Bigwig Public School It was very lively. In just a few days, the number of students has rapidly increased to more than 600.

"Sir Locke, we don't have enough teachers now, and the classrooms and dormitories are also very tight. We originally wanted to separate schools for boys and girls, but now it seems that at least until the next year, all this can be implemented. Father Frank came to me yesterday. He wanted to Provide some school supplies for the school, and said that he can find some suitable teachers for the school, but I haven't answered him yet." Tony is very smart, and he will not decide this kind of thing by himself.

There is no need to doubt that Father Frank definitely has this strength, but Father Frank's purpose is not pure. Although Roque has not seen the school supplies provided by Father Frank, Roque can also be sure that there must be Catholic symbols on those school supplies .

As for the teachers promised by Father Frank, they might be the saints who graduated from the seminary, and Rock didn't dare to use those people.

"Tell him there's no need for it. We'll take care of the school supplies ourselves. As for the teachers, as long as they don't graduate from the seminary." Rock accepts it selectively. It can't be said that Father Frank is hiding something. After all, Johannesburg is a British colony. Not having faith is not conducive to integrating into society, so Rock doesn't care whether the students believe in Protestantism or Catholicism in the future, as long as they don't forget their roots.

"Okay, I'll contact Father Frank when I get back." Tony also took notes in a small notebook, just like taking notes in class.

Rock's mood immediately improved. After all, he was just a student who had just left school.

"Tony, how do you feel here?" Rock wanted to ask Tony for his opinion. If Tony thought everything he was doing now was pointless, Rock would not make things difficult for him.

"Sir Locke, what do you mean?" Tony didn't understand what Rock meant.

"I mean, what do you think of your current job." Rock elaborated, not wanting Tony to misunderstand what Rock meant.

"Oh, hehe, Bigwig Public School is very good. I like Bigwig Public School very much. When we were in school, the professor taught us that we should devote ourselves to spreading knowledge. I think this is what I am doing now." Tony When mentioning Bigwei Public School, he immediately smiled. This is a very sunny young man.

In other words, Rock is not a few years older than Tony, or in other words, most of the officials in Johannesburg and even the entire Transvaal are very young.

"As long as you like it, Tony, keep doing this job well. I can guarantee that you will get everything you want in this job." Rock reassured Tony.

"Hahahaha, Sir Locke, my current job is exactly what I want—" Tony was very happy. He had always been worried that his job would not be recognized by Rock, and now there is no such problem.

Leaving Tony's office, at the gate of the school, a Chinese who seemed to have just arrived in Johannesburg was begging the police on duty at the school gate.

These Chinese usually haven't had time to cut off their braids, which has become the most obvious sign on them.

"Help me, big brother, I just arrived in Ziwei Town not long ago, and I just bought a farm last month. My wife and child just arrived a few days ago. My two children are very smart, and I also spent a few days in my hometown. Private school, please help me to accommodate you." With braids, a wide-brimmed cowboy hat on the back of his head, and a denim jacket, the farmer begged bitterly, and stuffed a gold coin into the policeman's hand.

Behind the farmer was an ox cart, on which sat two boys stretching their necks, looking around the school, and the driver of the ox cart was a thin girl, definitely not more than ten years old, she was using envious He looked at the two boys in the car.

"Damn it, don't hurt me. It's illegal to collect money, do you know? Let the sheriff know, and we'll all go to jail." The policeman on duty was taken aback and pointed at the farmer. nose swearing.

These police officers on duty are actually the security guards of the Bigwig Town Hospital, and one of them is a temporary worker of the Bigwig Town Police Station, which means that they have two salaries, so the farmer gave them a pound, and they still have to pay for it. I really can't see it.

The farmer is also a newcomer, and he was a little at a loss for a while.

"How much land did you buy?" Rock had already got on the horse, and then dismounted to ask.

"My lord!" The policeman stood at attention and saluted.

"My lord!" The farmer's knees were bent, and he almost knelt down and kowtowed.

This is absolutely forbidden. In the Locke Gold Mine, kowtowing to anyone casually is punishable by whipping.

Locke didn't answer, just nodded casually, and still looked at the farmer with a questioning look.

"I bought 300 acres, which is more land than the largest landowner in our village before. I took over my brother, brother-in-law, and brother-in-law's family, and I will take root here from now on. The day just arrived, and I missed the entrance time, please forgive me—" The farmer was begging, but this time he was smart and didn't dare to hand the gold coin to Rock.

"How many children in the family? Both boys and girls are counted." Rock didn't think much of the money. He only remembered that the little girl who had just driven the ox cart looked enviously at her two younger brothers.

"Seven, the two older ones died, and the younger one died on the way here, so there are only two boys and two girls left—" The farmer looked sad, but he was not too sad.

This is how it is these days. It is normal for a child to die young, and it is sad, and most of them cannot be sad.

"Send all four children here, and if one is missing, you won't be able to go to this school." Rock doesn't care about how many, he only cares that none of them will be missing.

(End of this chapter)