Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 240

It took nearly a week for Roque to travel all over Nyasaland.

Nyasaland is still quite good. Many places in Blantyre, Lilongwe, and Casamas have undergone initial development and are ready to establish agricultural companies.

In terms of water resources alone, Nyasaland's conditions are much better than those of Johannesburg. There is only one Limpopo River in Johannesburg, and it is a seasonal river that stops flowing every dry season. The river is full of crocodiles.

There are more than ten rivers flowing into Lake Niasa in Nyasaland. Compared with Johannesburg, it can be regarded as a dense river network. These dense river networks ensure the hydraulic irrigation of the fields in Nyasaland. The Niassa in the 21st century Saran needs international assistance because Nyasaland uses more land to grow tobacco instead of food. If Nyasaland does not grow tobacco but rice, it does not say three crops a year, two crops a year. It is no problem if they are familiar with it, but do they need international assistance?

Don't do it, if you really want to grow rice, maybe Nyasaland's grain can still be exported.

Of course, Nyasaland's conditions and whether rice can be grown still need to be verified by Douglas and his students.

In the 21st century, Nyasaland is 11.3 square kilometers and has a population of 1800 million. Now Nyasaland is larger than Malawi in the 21st century, with an area of ​​20 square kilometers, and it can support more people. Rock doesn't need 1800 million people, even if it's only one-tenth, it's enough for Rock to dominate Africa.

"Are you sure you want to sell all the Zulus in Nyasaland to the Portuguese?" Before Rock left Nyasaland, Stoudemire confirmed Rock's decision again.

"Yes, sell them all, you need the Zulus to work, I don't, next month more than 1 people will enter Nyasaland along the Shire River, just help me prepare food for them, For the specific quantity, Nyasaland Agricultural Company will take the initiative to contact Salisbury." Rock is sure that the Zulus are not needed, and he will never give the Zulus a chance to settle their old scores.

In the future, the Zulu people will confidently make demands on the white people, and their confidence comes from the oppression of the Zulu people by the white people during this period.

Rock does not give the Zulus a chance to make a comeback. If they don’t squeeze the Zulus now, they will have enough confidence to reject the Zulus in the future. At that time, the Chinese in Nyasaland can confidently say that the construction of Nyasaland and The Zulu people have nothing to do with it. Every plant and tree in Nyasaland is planted by the Chinese themselves. There is no Chinese who wants to kidnap Nyasaland morally.

"Okay, I won't give you the money from the seller. How much food supply Nyasaland needs in two years, and Salisbury will cover it all." Stoudemire knew that Rock didn't like Zulus, and he didn't take advantage of Rock. cheap.

During the war, the South African company's development of Rhodesia was also at a standstill. Cecil Rhodes was good at expanding the territory, but he was almost meaningless in governing the place, so it has been several years, Rhodes West Asia is just barely food self-sufficient.

"Haha, don't regret it when the time comes." Roque said seriously. Xiaosi probably didn't know how many people Roque could send to Nyasaland in a year with all his efforts.

"Ha, if I regret it, I'll give you another Nyasaland." Stoudemire said generously, referring to the population of Britain and Portugal, how many people could there be in the Qing Dynasty?

Stoudemire didn't know that there were 5000 million people in the Qing Dynasty at this time. Even if he knew, Stoudemire probably wouldn't care, because the population of Britain at this time was 3.8 million, second only to the Qing Dynasty in the world.

The 3.8 million here includes the population of India. There is no such thing as a "colony" in the world at this time. The common caliber in the world is that the colonial territory is also the territory of the suzerain country, so India is also an inseparable part of the United Kingdom, and Indians are also the United Kingdom. people.

There is nothing wrong with this logic.

What's more, Britain's occupation of the Transvaal is facing a situation where no one is available, and Rhodesia is the same, so Stoudemire is looking forward to how many Chinese Roque can bring.

With Stoudemire's promise, Rock is very happy to leave Nyasaland. The combination of Hoover and Liang Dingxin can send 1 people to Nyasaland every month. Time is enough for the Chinese in Nyasaland to be self-sufficient. Two years later, including the family members who arrived in Nyasaland, there will be at least 30 Chinese in Nyasaland. By then, no one can take Nyasaland away orchid.

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A week later, Rock returned to Johannesburg. It was already March 1902. Colonial Minister Joseph Chamberlain had arrived in Orange a week ago to inspect the resettlement of the Boers in Orange. In a few days, Joseph Chamberlain would leave Orange for an inspection tour in the Transvaal.

Johannesburg was Joseph Chamberlain's first stop in the Transvaal.

"You bought 7.7 square miles in Nyasaland?" After Rock returned to Johannesburg, Owen asked Rock to drink coffee for the first time.

"Yes, I plan to immigrate 30 people to Nyasaland within two years. How about this plan?" Owen was stunned by Rock's generous gesture.

After the war, the British who fled Johannesburg before the war returned to Johannesburg one after another. The Transvaal government tried its best to promote it in the UK, but very few British settled in Johannesburg. In addition, the British and Chinese who had settled in Johannesburg, Johannesburg is now The total population of China has just exceeded 30, and now Rock is talking about [-]. One can imagine how shocked Owen was.

The settlement here refers to natural persons who own certain industries in Johannesburg and can generate fixed taxes. Miners in gold mines are not included, and Zulu workers in Chinese farms are not included.

"You are really crazy, is it so easy to immigrate from the Qing Dynasty?" Owen really envied Rock's human resources.

"The Qing Dynasty also just lost the war. In order to punish the Qing Dynasty, the coalition forces demanded a compensation of one tael of silver from everyone in the Qing Dynasty. The total amount of compensation is 5000 million taels of silver. Do you know what this concept is?" Rock really didn't want to mention it. This history is painful to think about.

"A tael of silver is not much, it's only about five shillings." Owen knew the exchange rate between British pounds and silver, but he didn't know what a tael of silver meant to the Chinese in the Qing Dynasty.

"Many families in the Qing Dynasty may not be able to make up the two taels of silver by selling pots and iron, so the Qing Dynasty is now in a severe famine, inserting bids and selling heads, and changing sons to eat—anyway, it is easy to obtain population from the Qing Dynasty. You need to sign a contract and clarify your remuneration, now you don’t need to be so troublesome, as long as you stutter, someone is willing to go with you, wherever you go.” Rock’s expression was indifferent, and he tried his best to conceal his inner anger.

In every year of catastrophe, the Chinese always go through hardships. This year, the Qing Dynasty was a natural and man-made disaster. Not only did it lose the war, but also suffered a severe drought in the north, but severe floods in the south. Therefore, it is really difficult for Rock to immigrate. Easy, before hiring people from the Qing Dynasty, it was only adult men who were willing to go abroad to work, but now it is much easier, many families have all immigrated, and even the entire village has been relocated as a whole.

"That's really difficult——" Owen said, without realizing how cruel Rock's words were: "—and, why did you send everyone to Nyasaland instead of Johannesburg?"

Rock didn't know if Owen was asking this question on behalf of Philip. If it was Owen, he probably wouldn't care about it.

"Cecil promised to bear the lives of those immigrants, so I sent people to Nyasaland, to Johannesburg, who cares about their food, drink, and sleep, the city government?" Rock had no scruples, regardless of this question If Philip asked Owen to ask, Roque would give Owen an answer.

"Why do you ask the city government to help you raise the person you hired?" Owen immediately turned black. The city government will not help Rock raise people. Although the city government has started to collect taxes and the financial situation has been greatly eased, but There are many places where you can't afford to spend money. Joseph Chamberlain will come to Johannesburg in a few days, and Philip plans to cry to Joseph Chamberlain to see if he can get some benefits.

Although Joseph Chamberlain has only been in Orange for a week, rumors have already spread. After inspecting the resettlement work of the Boers on the spot, Joseph Chamberlain deeply realized that 300 million pounds could not resettle the Boers who suffered heavy losses in the war. , So Joseph Chamberlain promised to apply for a loan from London, and the total loan amount is estimated to reach tens of millions of pounds. In addition, Joseph Chamberlain will also push Congress to allocate funds for relief as soon as possible.

Let’s not talk about the loan or anything else, I’m enjoying it now, and I’m sure I’ll have to pay it back in the future, the relief appropriation——

Everyone wants it!

Johannesburg was also severely damaged in the war. The entire city was almost demolished and rebuilt. Doesn’t it need relief?

During the war, the Expeditionary Army and the Boer Allied Forces fought a brutal tug-of-war in Pretoria. Four-fifths of the population of Pretoria was lost. Isn't there no need for relief?

After the "Peace Agreement" was signed, the Boers became British, and the British government was responsible for the resettlement of the Boers. However, the British who lived in the Transvaal before the war also suffered heavy losses. Don't they need relief?

Therefore, the whole of Johannesburg is eagerly waiting for Mr. Joseph Chamberlain.

In order to welcome Joseph Chamberlain, Philip even stopped some municipal works in progress, creating the illusion that work had to be stopped due to lack of funds.

Well, everyone is very talented in welcoming inspections by superiors.

"The city government doesn't help, so why should I send people to Johannesburg?" Rock didn't want to cause trouble. Although the immigrants entered through Cape or Durban, the Immigration Bureau can reimburse the immigration fees, but the tens of thousands of immigrants will eventually It is completely different from the immigration of thousands of people. If Cape and Durban know that Roque finally sent people to Nyasaland, the immigration directors of these two places will probably be mad.

Some advantages can be taken advantage of, and some advantages cannot be taken advantage of, such as immigration. With the support of Stoudemire, Rock can still fish in troubled waters for immigration of a thousand people.

Even Stoudemire couldn't hold on to the tens of thousands of immigrants. The total number of whites in the four colonies of Cape was less than a million. Rock's mouth was hundreds of thousands. The colonial authorities would doubt Rock's true intentions, so really It’s not worth it. If you don’t immigrate through Cape Town and Durban, the cost is indeed a bit high, but Rock doesn’t care. The Rock Gold Mine has plenty of gold. If it doesn’t work, let Buck drive at full speed, let alone 50 a year, [-] Rock Can afford to move.

"It's good to send people here." Owen was vague, and Rock suddenly became curious.

"What good?" Rock asked.

"Don't ask me, you'll know in a few days." Owen didn't say anything, Rock's teeth were itching with anger, but there was nothing he could do about Owen.

At the city government work meeting the next day, Rock finally understood what benefits Owen was talking about.

The war compensation promised by the British government was delivered.

The 300 million pounds is compensation for Boer farmers damaged in the war.

But it was not only the Boer farmers who suffered during the war, but also the English farmers in the Cape, and the English mine owners in the Transvaal.

The owner of the mine will not discuss it for a moment. He has a lot of money and money and doesn’t care about this little money. Even if he does, the British government will not compensate him, so he can only admit that he is unlucky.

The British farmers in Cape also suffered heavy losses during the war due to the attacks of the Boer guerrillas. Now that the war is over, the British government even gives cash compensation to the Boer farmers, so the losses of these British farmers can be compensated. Turn a blind eye?

Impossible, in order to attract the British to immigrate to the Transvaal, Adelaide has done everything possible, and even offered the preferential conditions of "horse staking" like Australia, which means that within a day, the new immigrants ride Horses run freely in the Transvaal, and they can make as many circles as they want. The government doesn’t charge a penny, and even provides free agricultural tools, seeds and other production materials to help new immigrants set up farms.

As far as this is concerned, there are still not many British people willing to come to the Transvaal.

Now if the colonial authorities compensate the Boers but not the British, the British in the Transvaal and Cape are expected to rebel.

Therefore, under the strong request of Adelaide and Cape Governor Walter Henry Hutchinson, the British government finally agreed to also give certain cash compensation to the British farmers in Cape and Transvaal. The compensation standard is higher than that given to the Boers A lot, a full 500 million pounds.

The farmers in the Cape can say that the Cape colonial government has detailed information, so they don’t have to worry about the compensation being insufficient. The farmers in the Transvaal are not. This part of the information is all in the hands of the former Transvaal Republic, but All the materials were lost during the war, so the compensation in the Transvaal was mainly based on the existing farms.

existing!

The farmers around Johannesburg are basically of Chinese descent now, and a few Zulu farms are definitely not covered by compensation.

That's what Owen said.

"In principle, each farm is compensated for one shilling per acre according to its size. There are about 180 million acres of farms around Johannesburg, so the estimated expenditure is about 9 pounds." Minister of the Interior Blake Nelson first explained the situation, and in the conference room The atmosphere is a bit weird.

A total of 500 million pounds, Johannesburg can only leave 9 pounds——

This is a loss no matter what!

(End of this chapter)