Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 247 Nyasaland's Vigilante

Free trade means more choices. The same is the bullet production line. Even if the Royal Small Arms Factory does not sell it to Rock, Rock will not stand still. The Royal Small Arms Factory is not the way to go. Rock can still go to Hess in Belgium. Tal National Armory, went to Springfield in the United States, and even Krupp in Germany, but if Roque did this, London would definitely be very unhappy, so Roque went to the Royal Small Arms Factory first.

Fortunately, Britain at this time was not conservative.

In addition to weapons production lines and hydroelectric power generation equipment, Rock is also frantically collecting talents from all over the world. The top talents of this era, Rock must not be able to invite, but no matter in any era, there are people who are underappreciated. With a high salary, there are still people willing to come to Johannesburg and Nyasaland to work.

It's just work, and it doesn't require them to settle down. Wouldn't it be good to work in Johannesburg or Nyasaland for three to five years, bring out a group of apprentices, and then return to Europe with a good salary to enjoy life?

Not everyone cherishes their brooms like the veteran craftsmen in the Qing Dynasty. The reason why veteran craftsmen cherish their brooms is that they are afraid that their apprentices will starve to death of their masters. Those who have skills and strength but can't get the corresponding rewards will be afraid of this?

Don't be funny, South Africa is thousands of miles away from the United States and Europe. If South Africa's technology advances, will it affect American and European companies?

Even if they do, those who lead apprentices with high salaries will not care, such as Dr. Kay Mallory of Bigwig Hospital. She is not worried at all about teaching apprentices to starve to death of the master. She only hopes to teach more students as soon as possible to relieve her If this continues, Dr. Kay Mallory feels that he is going to be exhausted.

It's really tiring. There are too many pregnant women in Bigwig Hospital, not only the Boers in Scarlett's farm, but also the policemen and family members of farmers who got married in recent months. The corridors of the hospital were filled with hospital beds, and Colin Bellamy had to occupy a large lawn to build new wards to meet the needs of patients.

"We have to split up Bigwig Hospital and build a new hospital dedicated to providing medical services for women and children. There are too many patients now, or the current hospital is dedicated to providing medical services for women and children. Children provide services, and we will build a new hospital to provide treatment for others." Colin Bellamy approached Rock to apply for a new hospital, and by the way, hoped that Rock could hire more doctors.

There is no need for nurses. There are enough nurses in Bigwei Hospital. Although many nurses are pregnant now, the training speed of nurses is very fast. According to the nurse standards at this time, it is much more difficult to train a qualified nurse than a qualified waiter. How many.

"Then build it. The current Bigwei Hospital can be called the Bigwei Women's and Children's Hospital." Rock really didn't expect that people in this era would have such a high demand for medical care.

In fact, it is normal. Although there are not many people in Johannesburg, there are not many hospitals. Now there are only a few private hospitals in Johannesburg, and each private hospital has only three or five beds.

After the war, the population will immediately enter an outbreak period, which is estimated to last for about ten years. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a women's and children's hospital, and even a women's and children's hospital may not be enough.

Let’s set up one first. It’s easy to build a hospital, just build a house non-stop, but it’s hard to find a doctor. Douglas has hired more than a dozen doctors from Europe during this period, and there are no female doctors. Abu’s students are very good, but only Limited to the theoretical level, the actual operation is not even as good as the nurses in the Bigwei Hospital, so you still have to train yourself.

"How is the situation in the hospital? How many interns can enter the clinic?" Roque still cares about people. He doesn't have to worry about money, and never has to worry about it. In addition to gold mines, Roque can also apply for government support.

The funds that Joseph Chamberlain had promised to Bigwig College had already been paid in. The total amount was [-] pounds, which might not sound like much, but it was enough to build two more Bigwigs.

It is impossible to build a new building. Rock does not plan to expand Bigwig Public School, just maintain the current scale. In a few years, when the current newborns arrive at the school term, it will not be too late to expand the school.

Rock intends to use the [-] pounds to improve the soft power of Bigwig College. On the one hand, it will improve its infrastructure, and on the other hand, it will hire higher-level teachers from Europe to prepare for the popularization of compulsory education in Nyasaland.

Yes, Rock intended to popularize compulsory education in Nyasaland in 1902.

It sounds a bit ridiculous, right? In fact, it’s not. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1907-97.3, Japan had started to implement free compulsory education with the indemnity it received from the Qing Dynasty. By [-], the enrollment rate of school-age school children in Japan had increased to [-]%——

So, when should Nyasaland start universal compulsory education?

The sooner the better, and what Rock wants is not the four-year compulsory education in Japan, what Rock really wants is nine-year compulsory education, but with the current level of education in Nyasaland, to achieve this One point is very difficult, so Rock refers to the British education system and implements six-year compulsory education in Nyasaland.

Compared with the level of science and technology at this time, six years is almost enough. If students enter school at the age of six and receive six-year compulsory education, then six years later, the age of 12 can be almost enough in the Qing Dynasty. Married, in the UK, it is normal to start working in a factory at the age of 12. There is no such thing as an adult at the age of 18 these days, and children from poor families are not eligible to wait until the age of 18 to become an adult.

Life forces people to grow up fast.

"We now have more than 40 interns, all of whom have entered the clinic. As assistants to the attending doctor, some of them have made rapid progress and are qualified to perform surgery alone—" Colin Bellamy said this with a look of relief.

If not many Chinese nurses have already started to take maternity leave, the number of intern doctors will be even more. Training doctors these days is not as complicated as later generations. You don’t need to see a doctor, you don’t need to have rich experience, you can connect your arm when your arm is broken, and pregnant women come. As for high blood pressure and cancer, I’m sorry, these diseases do exist, but the pathology has not yet been clarified, and there is no treatment, let alone symptomatic drugs. The family is waiting to die.

The sphygmomanometer used by doctors was invented by the Italian scientist Scipione Rivaroch in 1896. Due to the speed of knowledge dissemination at this time, there is not even a sphygmomanometer in South Africa, so this is really not an exaggeration.

"Continue to hire high-level doctors, and at the same time increase the training of interns. Don't feel bad about the money that should be spent, and spend all the money the hospital earns." Rock doesn't expect the hospital to make money, which is why the Bigwei Hospital is developing so fast. The reason is that it is impossible for other hospitals to invest so much regardless of cost.

Bigwei Hospital is really making money. Originally, Bigwi Hospital charged relatively high fees. Now that the city government is backing it up, it is even more lenient in collecting the money. Therefore, in the past two months, the money that Bigwei Hospital has earned has been used to rebuild the hospital. A Bigwig hospital is enough.

After Joseph Chamberlain inspected the Bigwig Hospital, he handed over all the production expenses of the Boer woman on Scarlett Farm to the Johannesburg City Government. The government has to reimburse all expenses, which is regarded as the Johannesburg city government repaying the debt of the expeditionary force.

Joseph Chamberlain did not embarrass Philip either. Now that the city government has insufficient financial resources, it cannot afford this part of the expenses. Joseph Chamberlain has added a new relief appropriation item for this purpose to pay for this part of the expenses.

In the final analysis, the British government still pays the bill.

When it comes to Bigwig Hospital, it is very cool to collect money. The bed fee of Bigwig Hospital is about 30 pound per day. Even if a patient does not incur other expenses, it costs 200 pounds a month to live in the hospital. Bigwig Hospital Now there are nearly [-] hospital beds, but the supply is still in short supply. You can imagine how high the hospital's monthly income is.

Rock doesn't take any of this part of the income. Except for ensuring the normal operation of the hospital, Rock puts all the extra money into Abu's laboratory, so Abu has been very happy recently. Write to colleagues and students in Europe to try to attract more people to Johannesburg.

Every time someone is called, Roque will give Abu a bonus of 1000 pounds. During this time, Abu has already taken more than [-] pounds from Roque, so Abu is not worried that other people will rob Abu. Work, being a "human trafficker" can make more money than being a professor.

In early May, arms production lines and hydroelectric generators were simultaneously transported to Nyasaland via the Shire River.

When Rock arrived in Nyasaland again, the small stone town by Lake Nyasa had already turned into a busy construction site.

Why is it called Little Rock?

Because Rock's English name is "Lock", so——

Rock will cancel the names of all the towns in Nyasaland and name them all after the new town, completely erasing the traces of the Zulus and European colonists, so that the Chinese can live and thrive in Nyasaland with peace of mind.

Well, including the name Nyasaland, Rock will also change it when the time is right.

Little Rock Town used to be a barren beach with no human habitation. Rock hired Christian Exploration Company to survey the terrain around Nyasaland, and finally decided to build a port in Little Rock Town so as to accept the ships sent to Nyasaland through the Shire River. supplies, and new immigrants.

Compared with before, it is so easy to immigrate from the Qing Dynasty now. In the last month alone, 13000 people arrived in Nyasaland. These 13000 people are not all adult men, but more than half are children and women. Almost all of them are His family immigrated to Nyasaland, and even three villages were relocated collectively. Duncan, who had studied shipbuilding in the UK, was appointed by Rock as the mayor of Little Rock, and Iron Hook was sent by Rock to serve as the sheriff. entered a period of rapid development.

Rock had asked Henry to transport all the newly produced cement to Nyasaland half a month ago. Nyasaland has now stored [-] tons of cement, which strongly supported the construction of Xiaoshi Town and the port.

Those who built the house in Xiaoshi Town were still Christian’s construction workers. These construction workers are now a mixture of Chinese and Zulu. A construction company composed of Chinese.

In just one month, the port will definitely not be fully completed. Now the port has only one berth, which can accommodate ships of less than [-] tons. When Rock came to Xiaoshi Town, a ship from a South African company was unloading at the berth.

"Lock, do you know how much I spent on food purchases this month?" Stoudemire looked resentful, and now he finally understood why Rock agreed so happily at that time.

Rock looked at the buckets of milk and wheat that were being sent to the shore by pulleys, and felt no guilt in his heart: "Cecile, you don't need to buy milk and beef, as long as you have a stutter—"

"Beef! Do you still want beef? Even the wheat will be gone next month." Xiaosi accidentally fell for Rock's trick, and now he is full of regret.

"You said, two years—" Rock would not feel sorry for Stoudemire. There is no inheritance tax in Britain these days, and Stoudemire inherited all of Cecil Rhodes' property, so Stoudemire is richer than Rock. Well, Rock's net worth is nothing compared to the great nobles in the UK.

"I want to repent, you can't catch me alone." Stoudemire is a miser in his bones. No wonder the South African company fell into a slump after the death of Cecil Rhodes in the original history.

In 1888, Cecil Rhodes was able to obtain a net profit of 500 million pounds per year by virtue of the "De Beers Consolidated Mining Company" and the "South African Consolidated Gold Mining Company", and the current profit will only be higher.

What is the concept of 500 million pounds? Before the Boer War, the Transvaal Republic could not earn so much in a year.

After the war, the British government gave the Boers compensation of only 300 million pounds.

In 1890, the share capital of Barings Bank in London was only 290 million pounds.

Therefore, it is not too much to say that Cecil Rhodes was the richest man in the world during this period.

So how much is the food provided to Nyasaland worth?

Compared with what Stoudemire can reap from Nyasaland in the future, it is simply insignificant.

"Are you sure?" Rock confirmed that if Stoudemire really repented, Rock would not force it.

Stoudemire immediately became tangled.

"Hahahaha, let's go and have a look at the production line and the hydroelectric generator." Rock didn't continue on this topic, because the discussion on this issue hurt feelings too much.

Stoudemire was still reluctant, but he followed Rock honestly.

In a camp next to Xiaoshi Port, the machines that had just been shipped were piled up like a mountain, and there were heavily armed militia guards with guns outside the camp.

That's right, it is the militia, the Nyasaland local army, which has not yet been recognized by the British government, so it can only be the militia.

The militia formed with gold mine security guards and police as the backbone is definitely stronger than the militia in the Transvaal Republic in terms of combat effectiveness.

In fact, the difference between the militia and the army is just a title. With the army in hand, Rock has the confidence to fight against anyone.

　Excellent work, thank you brothers for your help, Yutou is so grateful, I can only use the update to make it more enjoyable for the brothers - there must be an update at noon, it will be added for a few days not fixed, let's see how many manuscripts are saved -

　　

　

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