Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2516 Connotation
Since 1866, the Rand mining area has been mined for more than 80 years, and the output is very stable, averaging about 800 tons per year, accounting for half of the world's total gold output.

This is the data released to the public, and no one knows how much the actual output is.

An interesting point is that the output of the Rand mining area will fluctuate with the total gold output in the world. If the output of other gold mines in the world is relatively small in that year, the output of the Rand mining area will be a little more, and vice versa.

This is similar to the Kimberley controlled by the Rhodes family. The whole world is advertising that the production of diamonds is limited and will soon be mined, so the price will continue to rise.

In fact, the diamonds produced in the Kimberley mining area alone are enough for the world to consume for more than 100 years. Rock does not know the specific output of Kimberley. He only knows that the diamonds in Kimberley will never be exhausted. The situation is probably similar to the world's oil reserves.

Adan Company also often announces that the oil production is about to be exhausted. Every time this is said, the price of oil will rise. However, new oil fields are discovered every year all over the world. The production predicted by the oil company is also very interesting, and the reserves are not mentioned at all. How much is it, just how many years it can be used by the whole world.

As the largest gold mine in the world, there are about 110 mines in the Rand mining area that are still stably producing gold, the largest of which is still the Sealand gold mine under Rock's name. This mine has been stably mined For nearly 40 years, the cumulative production of gold is nearly 26000 tons.

26000 tons of gold, this is the secret of the rise of the Locke family.

Even if Roque doesn't have any other property under his name, he can become the world's richest man with just 26000 tons of gold.

Last year, "The Times" announced that Stoudemire became the world's richest man with a net worth of 17.5 billion rand.

According to the current exchange ratio, 17.5 billion can only be exchanged for 1750 tons of gold.

"That's why Lord Nyasaran is the real richest man in the world." Kurchi lamented that these numbers are too big and beyond Kurchi's comprehension.

"It can't be explained that way, after all, Lord Rhodesia's wealth can't be only 17.5 billion." Petrovich doesn't trust the "Times", this is just a figure on the surface.

The greatest wealth under Stoudemire's name is not the South African company at all, nor the Pilbara mines, but Rhodesia.

The whole of Rhodesia belongs to Stoudemire, and the laws of the Southern African Federal Government are not as good as Stoudemire's orders in Rhodesia.

Rhodesia covers an area of ​​38 square kilometers.

According to the statistics of "The Times", the wealth under Rock's name is only a pitiful 1.5 million.

This is obviously the data after shrinking and then shrinking. I don’t know how many times the data has shrunk.

The greatest wealth under Rock's name is not Nyasaland, nor Rand Bank, but Nyasaland University, and countless research institutions all over southern Africa.

"These super-rich people control the country and use the power given by the country to plunder the country's wealth. This is the biggest opportunity for us." Kurch is ambitious. In his eyes, the more powerful people like Rock and Stoudemire the money the better.

More money means more people serving them.

These people are the objects of Kurci's work.

Petrovic frowned, obviously not as optimistic as Kurchi.

Petrović knows more about working-class people in southern Africa than Kulchi does, especially the workers at Roque's businesses.

Kurch's mood, as the train got closer and closer to the Rand mining area, became heavier and heavier.

Cape Town was once the most economically developed place in southern Africa.

It is also limited to Cape Town. During the British rule, the Cape State outside Cape Town was also a remote area. Even after the opening of the Suez Canal, Cape Town's status was declining year by year.

After the end of the Second Boer War, southern Africa really entered a period of rapid development, and the three northern continents represented by the Transvaal, Rhodesia, and Nyasaland became the engine for the economic take-off of southern Africa.

The development of Cape Town in the past few decades is of course not bad, which is very different from 40 years ago, but after all, it is within the scope of Kulci's understanding. After all, Kulki worked in Paris before and was also a person who has seen big scenes.

As the train left Cape Town and headed north, Kurch's mood became more and more serious.

From Kulchi's point of view, the transportation infrastructure in southern Africa is so good that it even reaches the point of luxury.

Among other things, just next to the railway, there are more than one road running parallel to the railway, and they also go all the way to the north, which makes Kurci not quite understand.

Why build roads when there are railways?And there is more than one, which is obviously a waste.

"It's different. Those that are closed are expressways, and those that are not closed are ordinary roads. There are tolls on the told roads, and there are no tolls on ordinary roads, but the speed will be restricted—" Petrovich explained in detail, and then found that Ku Erqi still doesn't understand enough: "——you can understand it as the first-class car we take, and the ordinary car."

"Oh——" Kurci suddenly realized, you said that earlier, so I understand.

But that doesn't explain the question of whether to waste or not.

"When the railway was first built in southern Africa, the federal government had not yet been established. The colonial government had no money, and the United Kingdom did not give money. So in order to raise funds, the colonial government at that time used land donations to attract social investment. Our current That's how the railways and these roads came about." Petrovich didn't even notice, and when he explained all this, his words were full of pride.

Don't ask.

The question is that Petrovic already sees himself as a true Southern African.

This does not conflict with Petrovich's identity.

"I hate this kind of system where money is used to artificially set levels." Kurch's ideal is the world.

"But if you don't do this, how can you make those rich people willing to spend money to build roads?" Petrovich disapproved of Kurchi's extremes. After all, after the road is repaired, everyone can enjoy the benefits of convenient transportation. .

Therefore, Roque does not object to the extravagant consumption of the rich, but to cast silver into "helpless" and hide it in the cellar.

What's the point of wealth if it doesn't circulate.

"This is why we want to overthrow capitalism!" Kurchi was determined and would not be shaken by a few words from Petrovic.

Petrovich does not quarrel, speaks with facts.

Coulci also said less and less.

The train goes all the way north, and it can be seen that the economy is more developed as it goes north.

North of the Cape State is Orange. When the train passed Bloemfontein, Kurch was in a calm mood.

But after the train entered the Transvaal, Kurci's expression became more and more surprised.

The shock brought by Cape and Orange to Kurchi is not too big, and occasionally there are more prosperous towns that are also glimpses, and Kurchi has no time to appreciate them carefully, but the feeling of these two states to Kurchi is already the same as Those old colonial countries in Europe are evenly divided.

This is actually not fair.

Among other things, just from the density of cars on the road, you can see that Cape and Orange are definitely much more economically developed than ordinary European countries.

Among them, Cape Town and Bloemfontein, according to Kurch, are not inferior to metropolises like Paris and London in terms of prosperity.

Cape Town is okay, after all, it is famous, and Kurchi has heard of it for a long time.

As for Bloemfontein, before he came to Southern Africa, Kurci knew almost nothing about the city, not even the name.

Naturally, Petrovich would not introduce that Bloemfontein used to be one of the three capitals in Southern Africa, and now only one capital in Southern Africa is Pretoria.

If you had to find a companion capital, it would be Los Angeles, or Salisbury, Walvis Bay, or even Port Edward.

Anyway, it's not Bloemfontein's turn.

Leaving Bloemfontein and continuing north is the Transvaal, which is also the terminus of Kurchi's trip. The Rand mining area is located in the Transvaal.

Entering the Transvaal, Kurchi became increasingly silent.

In the early years, European colonists developed Africa along the river, but now it revolves around railways. Many cities rely on railways to rise, and railways pass between cities, and the observation of cities will be more detailed.

It is not difficult to see from the level of urban construction that the living standards of southern Africans are indeed very high.

The most impressive thing is definitely the road.

European cities are represented by Paris and London, the more famous the longer the history, the level of urban construction is actually not high.

Not to mention the fog in London for half a year. The German bombing of London was not effective, which had a lot to do with the heavy fog in London in winter.

Paris has a history of more than 2000 years. The city wall began to be built in the 13th century. The size of the city was limited, but the population continued to grow.

The 13th century is several hundred years away from now. At that time, it must have never been considered that there would be so many people in the city, so many cars, the supporting facilities were extremely imperfect, and the humanistic spirit was not considered at all, so the level of urban construction can be imagined.

Cities in southern Africa have just emerged in the past few decades. From the beginning, planners have considered various situations, and there are basically no supporting facilities. The most basic thing is wide, horizontal, and vertical streets.

What surprised Kurchi the most was the villa area stretching for several kilometers or even dozens of kilometers around the city.

"It's not a villa. This is the most common house in southern Africa. Every family has one. Southern Africans are used to working in the city center and living in the suburbs with beautiful environment, fresh air and quietness. Although there are many people in the city, But because the public transportation is very developed, it is usually not too congested.” Petrovich’s explanation finally touched on Kurchi’s knowledge blind spot.

Kurch is good at the labor movement.

Chatting with him about city construction is completely like playing the piano against a cow.

From this perspective, Curci is good at destroying, not building.

The most common houses in southern Africa, in Kurchi's concept, are all rich people's districts.

These houses are not cheap wooden houses, not even reinforced concrete. At least the exterior walls are decorated with natural stone and painted with various bright paints, which makes it even more difficult for Kurchi to understand.

If you want to pursue naturalness, why paint?

Since it needs to be painted, why must it be decorated with exterior walls? Isn't the texture of natural stone the best decoration?

"The Transvaal state government has been working hard to turn the Transvaal into a tourist city in the past few years. It has not yet reached the city of Bigwig. That city has painted all the houses in colors, also known as Rainbow. city." Petrovic said with a touch of envy, who wouldn't want to live in such an environment.

Paris is very good, but facing the threat of the Germans all the time, even safety cannot be guaranteed, so the Parisians are very upset.

London is also very good, but thousands of people die every winter because of smog, and health is a big problem.

Pretoria is also known as the City of Bigwig, also known as the City of Gardens. From these nicknames, we can understand the level of urban construction in this city.

Ziwei City is known as the Rainbow City, and all of this is no longer in the realm of the human world.

"Bigwild City seems to be our destination." Kurchi did his homework before setting off.

Indeed, it is the destination. Bigwig City appeared because of the discovery of the Westland Gold Mine. Without the Westland Gold Mine, there would be no Bigwig City. It can be said that all the residents of Bigwig City have a close relationship with the Westland Gold Mine. relation.

Of course, Ziwei City is also Rock's real stronghold.

The first piece of land Rock bought in southern Africa was the area where Bigwig City was located.

The train continued north, and Kurci and Petrovic got off in Johannesburg, and then they had to transfer to a car to the Big Vegetable City.

Ziwei City is also connected to the railway, but it is only 20 kilometers away from Johannesburg. It is too time-consuming to transfer to the train at such a distance, and it is far less convenient than a car.

Ziwei City, Johannesburg, and Pretoria, although these places have different names, they have actually been connected for a long time, and the city is the largest urban agglomeration in southern Africa.

It was [-] pm when Kurci and Petrovic got off the bus, which is the traditional rush hour. In order to save time, Petrovic suggested that Kurci take the subway.

In order to increase his understanding of Johannesburg, Kurchi chose to take a taxi.

Petrović called a taxi, and when it arrived, Kulchi was startled because it was a Cecil Rhodes.

Cecil Rhodes is a high-end car launched by Rhodesia Heavy Industries. The price of each car is as high as 15000 rand. Only rich people in Europe can afford it.

Kurch never expected that Cecil Rhodes would be used as a taxi in Johannesburg.

"What kind of high-end car is Cecil Rhodes? The real high-end car is the lord. Cecil Rhodes is only used to cheat those rich Europeans." Petrovich disagreed.

In order to enhance their brand image, major auto companies in southern Africa have launched high-end cars, with prices ranging from [-] rand to tens of thousands of rand, and [-] rand is a hurdle.

In Europe, the high-end cars produced by Southern African Automobile Company are very popular and almost become the standard equipment of every person of considerable status.

In Paris, if you don't have a high-end car, you can't even attend a banquet.

However, in southern Africa, the real high-end cars are still only considered as lords. Cecil Rhodes, no matter how cool the appearance, no matter how high the configuration, no matter how powerful the power, it does not have the connotation that a luxury car should have.

(End of this chapter)