Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 237 An Era Is Over

In terms of Cecil Rhodes' achievements, even if the British government named Cecil Rhodes a "Duke", it would not be too much.

But the British government completely ignored the credit of Cecil Rhodes. For a guy like Henry, the British government can make him a baron. For a yellow man like Rock, the British government can make him a baronet. However, the British government is so stingy that it doesn't even give a "jazz".

In fact, Roque can understand that if Roque is the British prime minister or the king of the United Kingdom, Roque will not knight Cecil Rhodes. In this way, after Cecil Rhodes dies, the British government will You can unscrupulously split up Rhodesia and nationalize all the rights in Rhodesia.

The reason why Cecil Rhodes wanted to see Rock so urgently was that he was looking for a way to break the situation for Rhodesia.

Rock can think of breaking the game through Nyasaland, and of course Cecil Rhodes can also think of it, but Cecil Rhodes is old, the road of life is coming to an end, and he has no energy for Luo Ke. Desia is looking for a way out. Even if Cecil Rhodes told Stoudemire that he could find a way out for Rhodesia through Nyasaland, I am afraid that with Stoudemire's ability, he would not be able to complete this task, so Cecil Rhodes Rhodes will give Nyasaland to Rock.

In other words, Cecil Rhodes would rather give Nyasaland to Rock than give Nyasaland to the British government.

This may be Cecil Rhodes' last resistance to the British government.

As Cecil Rhodes said, another time and space, on March 1902, 3, Cecil Rhodes died of a heart attack.

In 1904, the British government took back the South African Company's administrative power over Nyasaland.

In 1923, the British government took back the administration of Southern Rhodesia.

In 1924, the last of Northern Rhodesia was also taken back by the British government.

"Locke, do you have any money with you?" Stoudemire asked Rock with tears in his eyes as Cecil Rhodes was taken to the emergency room by doctors and nurses.

Yes, Stoudemire installed an emergency room for Cecil Rhodes at home, just to rescue Cecil Rhodes.

Rock felt all over his body, not even a penny, so he had no choice but to show his hands to Xiaosi.

"Why the hell don't you bring any money? Even a penny is fine!" Stoudemire broke down completely, tears gushing out.

Rock gently hugged Stoudemire's shoulders, feeling infinitely sad.

Xiaosi covered his face and cried loudly, God knows how much pressure he has been under during this time.

As good as Cecil Rhodes is, the pressure on Stoudemire is as great.

In this era, Cecil Rhodes is definitely qualified to be listed as one of the most outstanding group of people, so, the pressure of Stoudemire——

Well, the stressful mountain is not enough to describe it.

After a long time, Stoudemire slowly stopped sobbing.

Rock let go of Stoudemire, and sat down with Stoudemire on the steps of the door.

"You owe me a penny." Stoudemire wiped away his tears, trying to force a smile to Rock.

Rock nodded with a wry smile. This favor was too great, so big that Rock felt unbearable.

This so-called "one penny", if there is no accident, is the price that Rock got from Nyasaland.

Nyasaland is the future Malawi. The area of ​​Nyasaland is about 11.8 square kilometers. There is the third largest Lake Nyasaland in Africa. Nyasaland has 21 million people in the 1800st century. This The times—

Hehe, less than [-].

And most of them are local aborigines. The British estimate that there are only a few hundred, or only a hundred.

If you think about it, you will understand that in 1895, Cecil Rhodes took Rhodesia, and then in 1898, only 180 Britons came to Rhodesia. It has only been four years, and the entire Rhodesia is estimated to be the most There are only three to five thousand British people. South African companies are short of manpower to develop North and South Rhodesia, let alone Nyasaland. It is based on this that the British government requests to take back the administrative power of Nyasaland.

You see, since the South African company is unable to develop Nyasaland, it is better to leave it to the country to develop it. It is a waste to keep it——

Cecil Rhodes certainly doesn't think it's a waste, but Cecil Rhodes has no time to develop Nyasaland.

As for Stoudemire, it would be great if he could keep Rhodesia. If Nyasaland is not given to Roque, it can only be handed over to the British government.

Therefore, Stoudemire would rather sell Nyasaland to Rock for "one penny" than hand over Nyasaland to the British government.

What else could Rock do?

Rock will definitely eat the fat that is delivered to his mouth. Since the baron has no fiefdom, I will buy a piece of land for the head office. If the British government disagrees, well, please let the big ones who own a lot of land in the UK first. The nobles spit out the land they possessed.

If the prime minister dared to do this, he would probably be sprayed to death by the team of twenty dukes.

So the Prime Minister will not.

What's more, the Prime Minister at this time is Robert Gascoigne Cecil, who himself is the third Marquess of Salisbury and the last nobleman to serve as Prime Minister.

In about a few months, the Marquess of Salisbury will retire due to illness and give up his position to his nephew Arthur Belfort.

Did you see: Let! ! !

What about democratic elections?

"If my father was in good health, they would never dare to do this, but as you can see, my father is old and he has no ability to protect me anymore, so Locke, I'm sorry, this is my trouble for you." Xiao Si is full of apologies to Roque.

"Don't be like this, Cecil, you have done a good job, if this is troublesome, please give me more." Rock took everything, your arsenic, my honey.

"Okay!" Xiao Si laughed loudly, with tears still on his face.

The next day, Roque knew how good Stoudemire's "yes" was. According to the land transfer agreement sent by Stoudemire, the area of ​​Nyasaland was 20 square kilometers, which was larger than the original land transfer agreement. 11.3 square kilometers has almost doubled.

Moreover, Stoudemire only transferred the land to Rock, not the people on the land.

Therefore, Stoudemire will take the initiative to take away all the people in Nyasaland and hand over a clean Nyasaland to Rock.

Of course, the "people" here refer specifically to white people, that is, the pioneers of the South African company, and the rest of the Zulus, Stoudemire, can do whatever Rock wants.

Rock took the land transfer agreement and sat in the office of the police station for a whole morning.

Li De delivered the lunch to Rock's office.

"Li De, tell me, if a piece of pie falls from the sky and a wolf wants to snatch it from you, what will you do?" Rock felt a little dazed.

"Needless to say, beat the wolf to death!" Li De said fiercely.

Rock nodded again and again, deeply agreeing.

The meal was delicious and filled his stomach. Rock felt that he had been completely reborn. Henry only had a fief of 1500 square kilometers, and he couldn't do it right in front of Rock. Rock now has 20 square kilometers and he really wants to go. Show off to Henry.

Henry was still on his honeymoon in Pretoria, and he didn't know how long his honeymoon would last. Rock didn't want to make trouble for Henry, so he went out and rode the north wind and went straight to Bigwig Town to find Douglas.

"Professor, I bought Nyasaland." Rock went straight to the point.

"Nyasaland?" Douglas was very surprised, as if he didn't realize the conflict of interests behind it.

"Yes, Nyasaland, it's 20 square kilometers. I want to set up an agricultural company in Nyasaland. What should I do?" Rock didn't run a small farm of three to five hundred acres in Nyasaland. 20 square kilometers is enough for Rock to flex his muscles and set up a super agricultural company.

"What else can you do? You treat Nyasaland as a big farm. It's just that the size of this farm is a bit outrageous, but it's essentially the same. The farms around Bigwig Town are also run in this way. You The farm just needs to hire more people." Douglas didn't think about other issues, only how to run the farm, and it turns out that simple people are happier.

"Population is not a problem. Next, there will be a steady stream of people arriving in the Transvaal. Now just send those people to Nyasaland." Rock is not worried about the shortage of people. Take out all the gold in the basement, are you afraid that no one will be there?

Just have as much as you want!

"Then it's no problem. It's very simple to hire some technicians to guide them in breeding, then hire some professional managers to allocate supplies, and finally hire some security guards to protect them." Douglas didn't know why Rock, who has always been wise and powerful, would Confused on this issue.

"Hahahaha, I thought it was too complicated. Thank you, Professor." Rock was enlightened. It might be difficult for other people to operate this matter, but if it was Rock, there would be no problem at all. .

It can't be said that there is no problem at all. Rock still needs the help of the Governor's Mansion, so he went back to Ade.

"Build the railway to Rhodesia, why?" Ade is not used to Rock's way of working with a hammer in the east and a stick in the west. Isn't it good to develop the Transvaal honestly?Is it not fun to dig gold, or is it not fun to be the police chief?

"Business needs——" Rock would not say that he wanted to build the railway. Cecil Rhodes could use Rock to fight against the British government, and Rock could also use South African companies to develop Nyasaland. Digging the corner of the British Empire: "The South African company wants to build a railway to Rhodesia. All the expenses will be borne by the South African company. Cecil Rhodes is worried that your side will not agree, so I hope I can help He unclogs the joints."

Rock said it very casually, and he didn't even shy away from the existence of some kind of deal between him and Cecil Rhodes.

There is no way to hide this kind of thing. Ade still doesn't know that Rock bought Nyasaland, but he will know sooner or later. It is not clear now, and Ade will be even more angry by then.

"What did Cecil Rhodes do to you?" There was obvious mockery in the corner of Ade's mouth.

The Cecil Rhodes mentioned by Rock and Ade refers to Stoudemire. As for the old Cecil Rhodes, whether it is Rock or Ade, if you want to mention it, you must bring a mr.

"Nyasaland, Stoudemire will sell Nyasaland to me." Rock said truthfully.

"Nyasaland? Stupid!" Ade suddenly changed color. This is a qualified politician. Douglas can only be a professor.

"Mr. Cecil Rhodes is dying—" Rock felt sad, no matter how others commented on Cecil Rhodes, Rock would only be grateful to him.

I am really grateful, although Cecil Rhodes sold Nyasaland to Roque, with the intention of using Roque to fight against the British government, but——

But after all, that is 20 square kilometers of land. Rock was born and died for the British government. What did the British government give Rock?

A titular "from Baron" nothing more.

And what did Rock do for Cecil Rhodes?

Apart from cooperating with Stoudemire to fool the investigation team, Rock has done almost nothing!

But Cecil Rhodes gave Nyasaland to Roque after only meeting him once.

If the British government is also so generous to Roque, Roque will serve the British government with all his heart, but the British government does not, so no matter what other people say about Cecil Rhodes or how they scold Cecil Rhodes, Roque Grace will not scold, only grateful.

"Cecil Rhodes is dying?" Ade's expression was complicated, and his mood was even more complicated.

Compared with Rock, Ade knows Cecil Rhodes better.

It was precisely because Cecil Rhodes took the initiative to provoke the war with the Boers that Ade was able to come to Cape to serve as the South African Commissioner and the Governor of the Cape Colony. It is not an exaggeration to say that Des is Ade's nobleman.

Ade must have known about the unfair treatment of Cecil Rhodes by the British government.

However, as the baron of the British Empire, Ade will definitely not stand on the stand of Cecil Rhodes and speak for Cecil Rhodes.

But this does not prevent Adelaide from being shocked when he learned that Cecil Rhodes was dying soon.

For Britain, Cecil Rhodes is credited. Others don't know it, but Ade must know it.

"Yes, he is very ill. According to the doctor's conclusion, it will take up to three months." Roque was in a heavy heart. After Cecil Rhodes passed away, Roque was about to face pressure from the British government.

"Fa—" Ade didn't know why he swears.

On the same day, Ade went to Johannesburg with Rock to visit Cecil Rhodes in person.

Roque didn't know what Cecil Rhodes and Ade talked about. That night, Roque was notified by the Governor's Office, and the Governor's Office agreed to build the railway between Pretoria and Salisbury .

The name Salisbury comes from the current British Prime Minister, the Marquess of Salisbury.

Early the next morning, bad news came from Stoudemire. Cecil Rhodes died at home last night due to illness and treatment.

Rock immediately went to Stoudemire's house and together with Stoudemire made arrangements for Cecil Rhodes' funeral.

"No need to do anything, no fuss, no obituary, no notice to London, and bury him on a hillside near Salisbury—" Stoudemire lost his mind, and since then, no one has protected him from the wind Covering the rain, no one will give him instructions, no one will care about his well-being, and no one can rely on that figure.

This is part of growing up, and Rock hopes that Stoudemire can cheer up and truly take on the responsibilities he should take.

An era is over.

(End of this chapter)