Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 257 Stupid or not? (Another addition to Pai Daxing's leader)

If possible, Louis Botha would definitely not want to come to Roque during this time period.

But you can’t do without looking for it. In the past two days, Louis Botha went to Bigwig Town, Oak Town, and even the Crocodile Cove Company. Everything in Johannesburg left a deep impression on Louis Botha.

Regardless of whether Luis Botha admits it or not, the reconstruction of Orange is now far behind Johannesburg.

Even in the foreseeable future, this "backward" gap will become wider and wider. Perhaps one day, the Boers in Orange will be overwhelmed by more and more developed economy, better environment and more stable society. Attracted by Johannesburg, he would rather give up his farm in Orange and go to Johannesburg to find a stable job.

That was definitely a devastating blow to the Boers.

Louis Botha couldn't just sit back and watch this happen, so Louis Botha wanted to come to Rock, on the one hand for Rock's last proposal, and on the other hand for the Boers in Orange.

"Reconstruction is actually very simple. You need a strong team, hard-working and capable farmers, and enough funds-the last point does not seem to be a problem now, but there are also great hidden dangers. 1200 million pounds is a lot of money Money, but now there are 20 Boers in Orange, and there is only 60 pounds for each person. If you don’t do anything, the money will be spent soon. What should you do after it is spent? Continue to apply for loans? Impossible, before this loan is repaid, the Imperial Bank will not give us another loan." Rock is not optimistic about Orange's current reconstruction method.

The biggest problem in Orange is the lack of coordination between the Boers and the Orange government.

The Orange government was established by the British government, and Ade was also the governor of Orange. Before the signing of the "Peace Agreement", the employees of the Orange government were basically British or Boers assimilated by the British.

Most of the civilians in Orange are Boers, and many of them are guerrillas who have just returned from the front line. They have a strong resistance to the rule of the British government, although the Orange government has now absorbed some guerrilla leaders. , trying to get these leaders to ease the antagonism between the Boers and the government, but the effect was not obvious.

The most direct reaction is that many Boers do not work, do not rebuild their farms, or even build houses, but live in tents, waiting for the government to rescue them.

The point is, even if they get compensation or loans from the government, they will not be grateful for it.

"No, this time it will not be evenly distributed. The loan will be fully owned by the government and used to invest in infrastructure, just like what is being done in the Transvaal now." Louis Botha is not stupid, Orange The current situation has proved that the previous model is not feasible. If the method is not changed, no matter how many loans there are, there will be no change.

It is not easy to admit this.

As the governor of Transvaal and Orange, Ade's attitude towards Transvaal and Orange is not fundamentally different.

After the "Peace Agreement" was signed, Adelaide put his main focus on reconstruction. In order to realize the Anglicization of the Transvaal and Orange, Adelaide worked desperately. He also knew that this would cause resentment among the Boers, so At the same time, Adelaide also carried out large-scale construction to win people's hearts.

In order to ensure that these policies are not misinterpreted, Adelaide hired a large number of university graduates from the UK to work in the Transvaal and Orange. These university students are very popular in the Transvaal. They work hard and are serious and responsible. officials are also more competent.

But in Orange, these college students were excluded. The Boers did not trust these college students, thinking that these college students were sent by the Governor's House to carry out enslavement education for them, so they called these college students "Milner Kindergarten". Unscrupulous ridicule, irony, ridicule.

Ordinary Boers laughed at these college students because they didn't understand the value of them. Luis Botha and his Boer elite were certainly not so superficial.

College students also have tempers. After being squeezed out by the Boers, many college students left Orange for the Transvaal, and some even returned to the British mainland directly. Ade was very disappointed in Orange because of this.

This "disappointment" may lead to serious consequences, so Louis Botha must find a way to change the status quo.

"This choice is correct, and what I say next may make you very angry, but Louis, the government can never be dominated by public opinion, especially the Boers in Orange, many of whom have a strong resistance to the government. , If this situation is not resolved, then it may lead to very serious consequences." Rock solemnly reminded Louis Botha that Adelaide's patience has a limit. What De will do next, no one can predict.

A person who can become the governor, of course, Adelaide is not an appeasementist. Don't forget that it was Adelaide's push that the British government agreed to declare war on the Boer Republic.

Therefore, if the Boers still do not cooperate after the 3000 million is in place, then Adelaide may use other methods to solve this problem.

That was certainly the way Luis Botha didn't want to see it.

"I know that many of those dissatisfied people have gone to German Southwest Africa. In the past two months, at least 1 people have chosen to leave." Louis Botha smiled bitterly, and other regions are trying their best to attract Immigration, the population of Orange is shrinking.

After the "Peace Agreement" was signed, Boers began to immigrate to German Southwest Africa. The governor of German Southwest Africa, Leutwein, was overjoyed and distributed the Herero farms to the Boers who immigrated to German Southwest Africa free of charge. And help the Boers build farms.

The news, when it came back to Orange, prompted more Boers to immigrate to German South West Africa.

But most people still choose to stay in Orange. After all, there are now more than 20 Boers in Orange, and 60 Boers in the four regions of the Cape. Another "great migration" is no longer realistic. Moreover, German Southwest Africa did not have enough land to accommodate all the Boers.

In the Boer War, the position of German Southwest Africa was very clear. Remember the "Teutonic Africa Plan" proposed by Germany after the Berlin Conference?

The most important part of this is to unite the Transvaal and Orange so that the "Teutonic Africa Plan" can be completed.

After the British conquered the Transvaal and Orange, Germany's "Teutonic Africa Plan" had completely failed, but Britain's "Two Cs Plan" has taken a big step forward. If the situation is opened up, then the victory of the British "two C plan" is in sight.

"This is not a bad thing. Since those people don't want to stay in Orange, forcing them to stay will also cause serious hidden dangers. It is better for them to go to German Southwest Africa. German Southwest Africa is not a paradise for white people. The Germans The Herero are being massacred in German Southwest Africa, and the Herero farms are allocated to those Boers who immigrated to German Southwest Africa. fate." Rock sneered, the Germans unscrupulously supported the Boer Republic during the Boer War, did you really think Britain was easy to mess with?

It must not be easy to mess with, so the Herero people in German Southwest Africa rebelled.

Considering the causal relationship between the two, Rock has sufficient reason to believe that the Herero people and the rebellion must be related to Walvis Bay.

"Lock, if you want Orange to set up a vigilante group to maintain law and order in both Johannesburg and Orange together with the Johannesburg militia, then your Johannesburg Police Department will be responsible for part of the cost of forming a vigilante group in Orange. I know this It's a bit presumptuous to ask, but Locke, you should know the current situation in Orange." Louis Botha was more sincere, he knew that if he waited passively, Rock would definitely not take the initiative, so Louis Botha wanted to fight for it.

"Louis, you just got 1200 million pounds, while Johannesburg only got 750 million—" Rock looked surprised, and most of them were pretending.

"Yes, Orange got £1200 million, but Orange has 20 people, you Johannesburg and Pretoria combined take £1800 million, Johannesburg and Pretoria combined have 20 People?" Luis Botha was full of complaints when he mentioned this matter.

The loan came back in the name of the Transvaal and Orange. In principle, Johannesburg, as a region of the Transvaal, was not eligible to participate in the loan distribution at all.

But because Johannesburg is the main force for the repayment, Johannesburg insisted on taking away 750 million. Louis Botha was very dissatisfied with this matter. Now that Rock is complaining again, Louis Botha definitely disagrees.

Regardless of whether Louis Botha agrees or not, Roque will try his best to fight for Johannesburg's interests, so Roque's attitude is also very firm: "Of course, there is no need to add it to Pretoria. Johannesburg alone has now surpassed 20 people."

"20?" Louis Botha expressed his doubts.

"There must be!" Rock said with certainty.

Indeed, without knowing it, the total number of Chinese workers and farmers in Johannesburg has exceeded [-], and with the families of subsequent immigrants, there are now more than [-] Chinese in Johannesburg.

After the signing of the "Peace Agreement", many British people were attracted by the gold in Johannesburg and voluntarily immigrated to Johannesburg.

However, these people only want to stay in the city and are unwilling to run farms, so the sense of existence of these people is not strong.

In addition to the British, some persecuted Russian Jews also came to the Transvaal, most of them in Pretoria, only a few of them came to Johannesburg, and there were quite a few of them .

In short, the current population of the Transvaal has exceeded 20. This number is basically equal to that of the Boers in Orange, and it is enough to make Louis Botha vigilant.

"Then we will each be responsible for the cost of forming a vigilante group, and jointly maintain the security of Bloemfontein and Johannesburg." Louis Botha agreed this time very happily.

Rock didn't know why, but suddenly felt as if he had been fooled.

As a result, the next day, Ade called Rock to the Palace of Justice and scolded him severely.

"Stupid! Stupid! Do you think you took advantage of it? Do you think Louis Botha is an idiot? You don't even know if you're being used by others. Are you digging for gold and fooling yourself—" Ade squirted Rock 10 min.

Rock, of course, resigned himself to it, maintained an upright posture, and counted sheep without distraction.

Ade is a politician after all, and he was out of breath within 10 minutes of scolding. Seeing Rock's sincere attitude, Ade's anger somewhat subsided.

What if I don't need it?

Rock is not an ordinary person now, and he is also a "baron" with status. Even if he does something wrong, it is not Adelaide who can punish him casually.

"Don't treat the Boers as fools. While using the Boers, you must also guard against being used by the Boers. We spent a full 2.2 million to get the Boers to lay down their weapons. You just want the security of Johannesburg, but you want to let the Boers Pick up the weapon, isn't it stupid?" Ade looked at Rock with hatred.

Only then did Rock realize where he was wrong.

Ade is right. The establishment of a militia can certainly protect the country and the people, but at the same time, it also allows the Boers to have a "paramilitary organization", which makes all the previous efforts of the British government and the expeditionary force go to waste. Can Ade not be angry?

The scolding is already a lenient sentence. After all, Rock was single-handedly promoted by Ade, and now he is "from the baron". trial.

"It's stupid." Rock admits his mistakes honestly, and he has to admit when he does something wrong. Compared with old oily guys like Ade and Louis Botha, Rock still needs to hone his skills.

If you think about it, you can understand that Rock was just a foreign trade dog before time travel, and there was a huge gap with the elites of that era.

Traveling to this era, Rock's success is not because of his huge improvement in abilities. Compared with the elites of this era, Rock still has a huge gap, and being able to succeed depends entirely on his grasp of the overall situation , which is the so-called "Standing on the tuyere, pigs can fly".

Rock is the pig that gets blown up by the wind. When the tide is high, everyone swims happily. Only when the tide goes out, you will find out who has been swimming naked.

Rock is not considered naked swimming, but it is similar to naked swimming. During this period of time, the wind has been smooth, and Rock has lost his vigilance.

"—Don't forget that you are only a policeman at any time, and the police should only do what you are supposed to do. Things like this are beyond your scope of power and should be handed over to your superiors to coordinate and resolve—to find General Hopkins, he will give you the help you deserve." Ade earnestly and kindly, this is really educating Rock like his own son.

I almost forgot, Ade has no children, so if this is changed to the Qing Dynasty——

It is not possible in the Qing Dynasty, Ade is white, Roque is Chinese, at most Roque will respect Ade as he respects his predecessors, other things are impossible.

(End of this chapter)