Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 244 Two C Plans

Language is the core carrier of a country's traditional culture. Promoting language means promoting the country's traditional culture, universal values, and national identity. Why did the Boers insist on using Dutch in schools and courts during negotiations? It is to maintain the traditional culture of the Boers and not to be assimilated by the British.

In the same way, why Adelaide insisted that English must be used in schools and courts is to assimilate the Boers, culturally eliminate the Boers, and thus occupy the Transvaal and Orange forever.

Can a Boer without traditional culture still be a Boer?

Certainly not, just like India, can India, which has been completely cut off culturally from ancient India, still be regarded as one of the four ancient civilizations?

Not counting, even if the Indians insist that they are one of the four ancient civilizations, the current India actually has no inheritance from ancient India.

As an education expert, Joseph Chamberlain was very aware of the significance of using English in schools, so it would be much more kind to discuss this issue with Tony carefully, and then look at Rock's eyes.

Rock could only be thankful that Joseph Chamberlain did not know about the Chinese elective course at Bigwig College.

Whether it is the English that Ade insists on, or the Dutch that the Boers strive for, there is nothing about Chinese, so in Bigwig College, Chinese can only exist in the form of elective courses, not only for Chinese students, but also for English students and Boer students. American students can also audit this class.

In order to attract more students to learn Chinese, the Chinese class of Bigwei Public School is more in the form of art appreciation. Calligraphy and painting are the core of Chinese class. Compared with Western oil painting, Rock actually prefers traditional Chinese painting. Splashed ink landscapes, but these art forms are still too esoteric for the current students of Bigwei Public School, so Rock needs to find some interesting content for children to enrich the classroom.

This search made Roque really sad.

There are now more than 5 Chinese in Johannesburg, but no one knows the exact style of Hanfu, no one knows the specific steps of Han weddings, and no one remembers what traditional Chinese buildings look like.

The last one is better, there is a guild hall in Ziwei town that is composed of traditional Chinese buildings.

But Rock can't organize elementary school students to go to the guild hall to drink tea and listen to plays every day!

There is no theater troupe in Johannesburg, but there is an opera house in Cape Town, which will stage operas and dramas from time to time.

Rock doesn't like operas and dramas, so he asked Liang Dingxin to hire a troupe from the Qing Dynasty and send them to Johannesburg. If they can eat enough and wear warm clothes, people will naturally start to study these issues. What Rock has to do is to provide them with sufficient financial support at that time.

This idea is quite two, right?

Two is right, the protagonist is now an aristocrat, and if he does not do something that an aristocrat "should" do, he can still be considered an aristocrat!

After listening to a music class, Joseph Chamberlain also inspected the canteen and dormitory of Bigwig College.

The milk in the cafeteria is still piled up like a mountain. Although the Agricultural Association has started to purchase milk, there are still many farmers who would rather not sell the milk and send the milk to Bigwig Public School. When you know that most of the farmers who deliver milk are When he was Chinese, Joseph Chamberlain was obviously thoughtful.

Not to mention the dormitory. Although the students in Bigwig Public School are still children, Bigwig Public School still implements strict military management. The windows are clean and clean is the basic requirement. Although the quilt is not required to be folded into tofu cubes, it can’t be messed up. There are four people in a dormitory, and there are desks under the beds, and each person has their own cabinet. The demand for furniture in Bigwig Public School has spawned two woodworking factories.

Of course they are not in Bigwig Town, but in Oak Town not far from Bigwig Town.

Yes, the same as the name of Oak Town in Cape Town, Rock's name is as willful as white people, and he doesn't care about the same name at all. There are many people named Henry in Cape Town, and Rock knows no less than ten.

After inspecting the boys’ school, Joseph Chamberlain inspected the girls’ school again. Relatively speaking, the campus of the girls’ school is much more beautiful than that of the boys’ school. The boys’ school has a spacious playground and lawn. All turned into gardens. When Joseph Chamberlain inspected, the garden was not yet finished. All the workers were Aunt Bull, and they did manual work, which was not much worse than men.

The girls' school is responsible for introducing Phyllis. Phyllis is much smarter than Tony. Seeing that Joseph Chamberlain is very satisfied with the girls' school, she immediately took the opportunity to make a request: "The main problem we are facing now is funding. We want to recruit all the girls in the Transvaal into Bigwig Girls’ School and let them receive a complete and high-level British education, but unfortunately, teachers from local girls’ schools are unwilling to come to Johannesburg. The funds are all based on donations from parents, but Johannesburg has just been rebuilt, and parents don’t have much power to help the school, so we can only order clothes from Cape Town instead of better quality and brighter colors. Native clothing—”

Rock sounds like such a complaint is more like hypocrisy.

But Joseph Chamberlain chose to do this, so Joseph Chamberlain promised on the spot that he would give special financial support to Bigwig College.

What a windfall.

Speaking of the clothing of Bigwig College, Roque has now put the construction of a wool spinning factory on the agenda. According to Roque's plan, the textile industry will be the third largest economic pillar in Johannesburg besides mining and agriculture. .

The farms around Johannesburg raise Merino sheep. After more than a year of breeding, the first batch of sheep are ready to "shear". The agricultural association has also begun to purchase wool, but the wool cannot be processed locally in Johannesburg. Therefore, the wool purchased by the Agricultural Association is sold to the British mainland.

There is no port in Johannesburg. If you want to buy wool to the UK, you have to send the wool to Cape Town first, and then send it all the way from Cape Town to the UK mainland. As a result, the price is not competitive because of the transportation cost. So the agricultural association has no profit at all.

If the wool can be pre-processed in Johannesburg and woven into wool and sold to the UK, then the competitiveness will be greatly increased, and the agricultural association will also be profitable.

If the wool is reprocessed, dyed with beautiful colors, or directly made into garments, the profit will be further increased.

Therefore, it is imminent to set up a wool processing factory first, and other things can be done later, at least to ensure that the wool of the farmers can be sold, and the agricultural association will not lose money.

Although Rock doesn't care about losing this little money, in terms of business, in the long run, there is no need for organizations or institutions that cannot reflect value.

Thanks to the Boers that can be seen everywhere in Bigwig Town, Joseph Chamberlain can see Boers no matter where he goes. He had a simple working meal at the Ziwei Township Government at noon, and tasted Ayers at the Oak Bar in the afternoon. Di Wine, Joseph Chamberlain was in a good mood all day.

In the evening, Joseph Chamberlain did not return to Johannesburg, but lived in the hall in Bigwig Town. Rock finally had a chance to communicate with Joseph Chamberlain alone.

As night fell and the lights came on, every household in Bigwei Town lit up red lanterns again. Now red lanterns are not only a Chinese tradition. British and Boer people in Bigwei Town have also hung red lanterns at their gates. They don’t think This is a cultural invasion, because lanterns have real benefits, not only decorating the happy atmosphere of Bigwich Town, but also serving as lighting, why not?

At the entrance of the church, Frank was distributing candy and chocolate as usual. Unlike before, Frank organized a choir to sing hymns on the steps outside the church, attracting more residents to watch.

Protestants finally noticed Bigwig Town, and a new church was under construction. Before long, the children of Bigwig Town would harvest more candy, and the two churches would compete more "generously" in order to compete for believers.

On the highest tower of the guild hall, Joseph Chamberlain looked at the dreamlike Bigwei Town under the cover of red lanterns, feeling relaxed and happy.

"When I was in Orange, I saw famine and fear every day. There was no future for the Boers. Compensation money didn't allow them to rebuild their farms. The drought was severe. Prices were skyrocketing. There were no schools or churches. , I can only carry it at home when I am sick - before I came to the Transvaal, I was worried that the situation in Johannesburg was worse than Orange, after all, this is the hardest hit area of ​​​​the war, and the damage was worse than Orange, I have to say , Bigwig Town gave me a huge surprise, even compared with the British mainland towns, it is even younger and more energetic. I have been to many overseas territories, and Bigwig Town is the best. ’ Joseph Chamberlain raved about Bigwig.

Rock was not in a hurry to speak, and couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Joseph Chamberlain's gourd.

"Before I came to Johannesburg, I heard a lot of bad rumors about you. I once thought that Johannesburg had been occupied by yellow people. Those Qing people occupied our country like Indian locusts. This is absolutely intolerable Yes, Johannesburg is very important, here it can only be white, not any other color—" Joseph Chamberlain's words gradually became sharp, and while speaking, he observed Rock's expression with the help of the light.

Rock's expression was of course impeccable. No matter what Joseph Chamberlain said, even if the words were more rude, Rock would not be irritated.

After many years of foreign trade career, Rock has already developed the ability to do things on his own. Hot face and cold butt are an inevitable experience for every adult. Joseph Chamberlain’s temptation can only be regarded as an introduction for Rock. Rock can turn a deaf ear to the level of cynicism and even worse remarks.

It can't be said to turn a deaf ear, as long as Rock passed this level, Joseph Chamberlain would definitely regret today's rudeness in the future.

"—You are now the baron of the empire. The interests of the empire are closely related to you. From the standpoint of the empire, how should you deal with Nyasaland?" It is the core, and Bigwild Town is just a drizzle.

"In order to conquer the Boers, the empire mobilized 44 troops. It took 27 months and cost [-] million pounds-it doesn't seem enough now-although it seems that the cost is huge, but we have achieved our goal. On the surface The above results are not bad, but I think that in order to conquer the Boers, paying such a high price is not worth the loss-Your Excellency, the Prime Minister, proposed the two-C plan after the Berlin Conference. Now this plan has not been completed, and the consumption of the war is increasing. , The scale is getting bigger and bigger, this time we won, so next time, do we still have the determination to launch a war of this scale again?" Rock didn't wait for Joseph Chamberlain to reply, he asked himself and answered: "Impossible, Empire We can't stand another war on this scale—"

Joseph Chamberlain certainly did not expect that when he asked Roque about his attitude towards Nyasaland, Roque mentioned the "two C's plan" to him.

The "Two C's Plan" was first proposed by Cecil Rhodes in 1877. After the "Berlin Conference", the Prime Minister, the Marquess of Salisbury, confirmed the "Two C's Plan" as the official plan for Britain to compete for hegemony in Africa.

"Two C Plans" means "from Cape to Cairo", because the initials of Cape and Cairo are both "C", so it is called "Two C Plans".

The core of the "Two C's Plan" is to connect the British colonies in Egypt, East Africa, and South Africa.

Now this plan is actually almost successful, and only German Tanganyika (Tanzania) remains between Nyasaland and the British East African protectorate (Kenya).

And the Congo Free State in the other direction.

"—Then how can we complete the 'two Cs' plan? Germans or Belgians are not Boers. The Germans have shown great strength in the Franco-Prussian War. To conquer Tanganyika and complete the two Cs plan, we must To take the risk of going to war with the Germans, I don’t know how determined the empire is in this regard, but if we go to war with Germany, we must be prepared to mobilize more troops and spend more military expenditures, although I believe the empire must We can win the final victory, but we'd better be prepared for a protracted war." Rock focused all his firepower on Germany, and considered issues completely from the standpoint of Britain. Like most young British nobles, he was full of confidence and hoped Build feats on the battlefield.

Of course, Rock is more sensible than most young British nobles. Whether Britain can go to war with Germany because of the "two C plans" can be seen from the expression of Joseph Chamberlain.

Joseph Chamberlain's expression was bitter. As the colonial minister of the empire, Joseph Chamberlain knew very well that Britain had no determination to go to war with Germany.

Before the Boer War, Britain had the confidence and determination to defeat any country in the world.

After the Boer War, Britain still had the confidence to defeat any country in the world, but it no longer had the determination.

Modern warfare, even with the strength of Britain, is overwhelmed.

(End of this chapter)