Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 241

The entire territory of the Transvaal is about 28.4 square kilometers. Converted into acres, it is about 7000 million points. As for Johannesburg, the specific area is not clearly demarcated. Only counting the farms around Johannesburg, it is about 180 million acres.

This is farms that have been developed, more remote areas that are not developed are not counted.

The new immigrants in Johannesburg want to "stake land", but they are all in remote areas, let alone the suburbs. The farms in the suburbs are all owned by Rock and other Chinese farmers.

A farm of 180 million acres sounds like a lot, but if compensation is made at the rate of one shilling per acre, it will only be 9 pounds. Compared with the total amount of 500 million pounds, it is really too small. On the scale of Johannesburg For the country, at least one-fifth of the 500 million should be left to be worthy of Johannesburg's status.

"[-] pounds is really too little. We should develop all the farms around Johannesburg and keep the funds in Johannesburg as much as possible." Rock expressed everyone's aspirations.

"That's right, we can't make Cape cheap!" Marcus Beaufort immediately agreed. Although it was not appropriate to say this, no one objected at the moment.

"Based on the size of our economy, at least one-third of the funds should be kept in Johannesburg." The Finance Bureau has a big appetite in Louis Barnard, and he can't wait to keep all the money in Johannesburg.

"If all the farms around Johannesburg are developed, the total area of ​​our farms can reach more than 1200 million acres." Black has detailed information. During the military control some time ago, people from the Interior Office traveled all over Johannesburg, and finally gathered the first farm. first-hand information.

"The problem is that we don't have enough manpower to develop these farms—" Ulysses Noel, the director of immigration, worried. The population of Johannesburg has been unable to increase, and he is under great pressure.

This problem is indeed very serious. How many farms there are around Johannesburg is not up to the Johannesburg city government. Cape Town and Pretoria will definitely verify it. It is a matter of vital interests. No one will be careless. Johannesburg knows Of course, Cape Town and Pretoria know too much about greed and possession.

Ulysses' words were like a bucket of cold water poured on the heads of the highly emotional bureau chiefs.

Everyone was scratching their heads a little, but no one could do anything about it, no one could change it alive.

"It doesn't matter, first determine the scope of the farm, and then you can slowly develop it. If the development level is not enough, it just means that you have no money—" Rock said leisurely. He is now the largest landowner in the Johannesburg area. Absolutely have a say.

Enclosure first, development later——

It seems that it is not impossible.

The point is, if this is really done, then the opportunity will come. If Rock can buy the farm, other bureau chiefs will definitely be able to buy it too. Sir Locke, this is for the benefit of everyone.

"I can see it!"

"It should be."

The bureau chiefs and division chiefs talked a lot, and everyone had a little joke in their hearts.

"Don't worry about it, let's save the money first. Our tax office is still renting a hotel to work. Johannesburg needs a new tax office." Beaufort's words are not rough. Can't do it.

There are a lot of places to spend money in a city that is completely demolished and rebuilt. There are more than a dozen municipal departments in the Johannesburg city government, and only the police station has an independent office until now. All departments work in hotels.

Philip also wanted to build a brand new office for each municipal department, but unfortunately there was a lot of open space in downtown Johannesburg, but the city government had no money, so the bureau chiefs had great opinions.

"The Finance Bureau needs an independent office." Barnard is the God of Wealth, and even the Finance Bureau has to stay in the hotel, not to mention the Tax Bureau.

"The Immigration Bureau also needs it. When the new immigrants arrived in Johannesburg, they saw that the Immigration Bureau was so poor that they couldn't keep people." Noel also had valid reasons, and no one wanted to live in a hotel.

"Enough!" Philip was so angry that his head ached. The bureau chiefs and division chiefs were more stingy than the aunt in the vegetable market: "Open up all the land around Johannesburg that can be developed into farms, how much can be sold within three days?" As much as it goes out, the compensation for this part of the farm will be halved, and the extra money will be used to build the office of the municipal agency, and the minister may arrive in Johannesburg in three days, so it must be completed within three days."

Rock didn't speak at the moment, and exchanged a tacit look with Beaufort and the others. In the following "enclosure movement", Rock would not intervene. He had bought enough farms a while ago.

Moreover, according to the mayor, the existing farms will not reduce the compensation, which means that the Chinese farmers around Johannesburg can get full compensation.

After the meeting was over, Rock quickly returned to Bigwig Town and called Buck, Iron Hook, and Holly over.

"How many farms do we have now?" Rock doesn't even know how much land he owns. During the meeting in the morning, he heard Blake Nelson say that there are 180 million acres of farms around Johannesburg. Rock feels that at least there are One-third should be in the hands of the Chinese.

Maybe it's more than that. Rock alone has more than 30 acres of farms under the names of Holly, Iron Hook, and Buck.

"I still have about 15 here—" The reason why there are so many in Hawley's name is because Rock needs a demonstration effect.

"12—" Iron Hook also had a lot of farms.

"27——" Buck actually has the most farms under Buck's name, which far exceeds the number of farms that Rock put under Buck's name.

"I bought the farms around the Crocodile Bay Reservoir. Now the land over there is very cheap, and no one wants it. After the reservoir is built, the wasteland over there will definitely be fertile land, so it's right to buy it first." Buck It's better to act first, and Rock can't build a reservoir, and the benefits will be taken by others.

"How many farms have been sold in the mine?" Rock wanted to find out. Although Nyasaland had a good prospect, Johannesburg was the basic market.

"About 15.5 acres, maybe a little more than that." Barker has specific numbers, but they're not precise.

In the era when there is no accurate measurement by remote sensing satellites, determining the land area is a very general matter. No one can accurately measure every square meter, and it is almost over.

Locke Gold Mine sells farms to miners, and they certainly don’t care about everything. Under normal circumstances, because miners can get loans, they buy about 300 acres of land. 300 acres is almost equivalent to 1821 acres. It is normal to give it to 1825 or 1830. It is normal for the mine to give more, or even more than ten acres.

15.5 acres, an average of 300 acres per farm, in fact, there are only more than 500 farms. The total number of Chinese laborers in Johannesburg now exceeds 3, which is still too low.

"Go back and tell me that there may be subsidies for the farm in a few days. If you plan to settle in Johannesburg in the future, you should do it quickly. After passing this village, there will be no such shop." Rock still has more than 20 acres under his own name Well, if you don't sell it, can Rock grow it yourself?

impossible.

Nyasaland's 20 square kilometers are still waiting for Rock to develop, that is, Nyasaland is not a war zone, otherwise Rock will try his best to seek compensation for Nyasaland.

"What subsidy?" Buck didn't know the news yet.

Rock introduced the situation again, and Buck, Hook, and Holly exchanged tacit glances with each other, and they also had Xiaojiu in their hearts.

It is obvious that the farmer has a far better future than the miner. Only a few dozen people in the security team under Iron Hook have bought the farm, and most of them are still on the sidelines. Iron Hook decided to hold a meeting when he returns home at night. , Announce this news, and try to let the brothers settle down as soon as possible.

The same is true for Barker and Holly. Other gold mines in the Johannesburg area do not allow people of color to work in technical positions. The Locke Gold Mine does not have this restriction. The team leader technicians of other gold mines are either British or Boer, or German, French People, or other people, the Chinese in the Rock Gold Mine, the salaries of these Chinese are not low, and after saving for two or three years, they can basically afford to buy a farm.

Many managers have not bought farms because they don’t want to take out loans. This situation is definitely unacceptable. If they are ordinary miners, it doesn’t matter whether they buy or not. The mine will not force them. In a sense, buying a farm is a "certificate of nomination". After buying a farm, you will stay in Johannesburg and follow Rock. Chinese New Year?

After the meeting, Buck went back to the Locke Gold Mine, Holly went to the Crocodile Bay Reservoir, and Iron Hook went to find Dunn nearby.

Dunn's side was the happiest. Iron Hook finished the situation. Together with the police and security guards, Dunn, together with the police and security guards, guaranteed each other a loan from the Locke Gold Mine, and quickly divided up the 12-acre farm under Iron Hook's name.

Tie Hook bought 4 acres by himself, and Dunn bought [-] acres. The two security captains who led the team out on patrol failed to catch up. They also divided up more than [-] acres of land under Rock's name.

In fact, it is really free to sell. It is really easy to digest hundreds of thousands of acres of farms. The Rock Gold Mine has more than 1000 police and security guards, and each person can digest 30 acres of [-] acres.

The farm under Buck's name was also very easy to digest. Buck returned to the Locke Gold Mine to hold a meeting of team leaders and technicians. After the news was announced, Buck said on the spot that he had purchased [-] acres. As a director, he borrowed [-] pounds from the Locke Gold Mine and directly purchased [-] acres.

What are you hesitating about?

Buck's side has a total of 27 acres, and more than 2 acres have been lost in two or three sentences. Most of the team leaders and technicians are simply looting, and only three or five people are silent.

Buck doesn't talk nonsense, and he will let these people go later. This is not a question of whether the investment vision is good or not. Not responding to the call of the mine or cooperating with Buck's work is a matter of attitude.

Rebellion?

The team leaders and technicians of the Rock Gold Mine earn much more than ordinary miners. In fact, being able to be team leaders and technicians does not mean how good their management and technology are. There are many people with excellent management skills. There are plenty of Boers looking for work, but the Rock Gold Mine doesn't want any.

In the final analysis, it is the promotion of the mine, which has nothing to do with personal ability. After leaving the door of the Rock Gold Mine, these team leader technicians think that there are no jobs in other gold mines. Because of Rock, now the mine owners in Johannesburg dare not abuse Chinese workers. , but no one cares about the abuse of Zulus and Boers, so basically no one is willing to use Chinese labor except for the Locke Gold Mine and the Matilda Gold Mine. These team leaders and technicians left the Locke Gold Mine to dig Nobody wants them.

Relatively speaking, it is Hawley who is in the most trouble.

The Chinese workers of the Crocodile Cove Company have just arrived in Johannesburg, and some Chinese workers have not even received their salaries. According to the regulations of the Rock Gold Mine, they cannot get loans, so even if they want to buy a farm, they are powerless.

After knowing this situation, Rock directly distributed the farm under Holly's name to Buck and Iron Hook. As a result, all the farms were snapped up again within a day.

After summarizing all the information, Rock was surprised to find that the one who bought the most farms was actually Scarlett, who now owns about [-] acres of farms.

"Why buy so many farms?" Rock called Scarlett over and asked Scarlett's purpose.

Scarlett lowered her head and picked the pencil in her hand, but there was no response.

"I'm asking you something!" Rock was furious. He never did this to others, but whenever he saw Scarlett, Rock couldn't help but get angry.

Scarlett was startled, and the pencil fell to the ground with a trembling hand.

Scarlett bent down to pick up the pencil, but accidentally knocked down the quill and ink bottle on the table, clattering——

Rock felt the veins on his forehead twitching.

The person appointed by Scarlett sat back, did not pick up pencils, did not clear the table, and murmured with drooping eyelids: "I want to take those women who were bullied by the expeditionary army to the farm. They can't go home now, if they go home , their husbands and families will kill them—"

It seems to be a good thing, but why is Rock not happy at all?

"Well——" Rock didn't want to interfere, and he couldn't just watch those women die.

Although the Johannesburg City Government will give some help to those women, those women who stay in Johannesburg will eventually have to bear the strange eyes of others, and their children will also be discriminated against everywhere after they are born.

It is best to stay on the farm. If you want, the environment on the farm is basically isolated from the outside world. No one knows their stories, so naturally there will be no discrimination.

"Huh, what?" Scarlett was so cute that she didn't understand Rock's meaning at all.

"Well, it means clean up the table and get out!" Rock still couldn't help getting angry. It was obviously a good thing, but Scarlett made a mess.

(End of this chapter)