Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 264

Both Rock and Yang Smolts are preparing for the democratic representative system a few years later.

The premise of the democratic representative system is elections. Only when the people elect a parliament can the democratic representative system be implemented by the parliament.

Rock tried every means to increase the Chinese base in preparation for future elections. Elections this year are different from future elections. Not all adults have the right to vote. In the previous Cape, only fixed taxpayers Only adult white men have the right to vote, and neither women nor people of color have the right to vote.

Because the Transvaal has not yet formed a parliament, the Cape Law is used. According to the regulations, the Chinese do not have the right to vote in the Transvaal.

Rock is not worried about this issue. When the democratic representative system is implemented in the Transvaal, this regulation must be amended. After all, the farmers in Johannesburg are basically all Chinese, and the Transvaal government cannot ignore this part. strength.

Rock also did not allow the interests of the Chinese to be ignored.

If what Roque is doing now is the economic base, then what Jan Smoltz and Louis Botha are trying to build is the superstructure.

After all, there are 60 Boers in the four colonies of the Cape, and the Boers are also white, so the Boers are born with the right to vote, which allows Jan Smother and Louis Botha to devote all their energy to party building superior.

"Is it necessary for us to form a political party?" Henry suddenly proposed.

"Don't be impulsive, Yang Smother and Louis Botha probably want us to do this, otherwise why do you think Yang Smother would bring this up tonight?" Rock was not fooled, dealing with these old foxes, If you are not careful, you will fall into the pit.

If this were replaced by Roque half a month ago, he might be ambitious to form a political party now, which would go against Yang Smother's so-called People's Party.

But in this way, Roque was fooled by Yang Smoltz. Although Yang Smoltz is now full of confidence, in fact, the "People's Party" created by Yang Smoltz and Louis Botha is not Legitimacy is two different things. Once Roque and Henry also create a political party, the question will change from "whether the party is legal" to "which party can win". At that time, the problem will become complicated.

Rock and Henry are nobles. If even the nobles are involved in the struggle of political parties, then the nobles will lose their detached status. This is what ordinary people in Britain, including the Boers, would like to see.

In the current British cabinet system, the highest power organs are actually the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The House of Lords is the traditional territory of the British nobility. In theory, only nobles can enter the House of Lords.

The House of Commons is the puppet of the House of Lords, and members of parliament are elected. All along, only nobles who cannot enter the House of Lords, or nephews of nobles in the House of Lords, can enter the House of Commons.

Of course, there are elected members in the House of Commons, but the number of such members is very small. British political parties and ordinary people have always hoped to break the monopoly of the nobles on the House of Lords, but unfortunately they have not been able to do so.

The detached status of the aristocracy is reflected in the fact that the aristocracy never joins a political party, but sits on top to watch the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party fight. In the end, no matter who wins, the aristocracy must obtain the consent of the aristocracy before they can truly take over power.

Rock still doesn't know what kind of election method the Transvaal will implement in the future. If it is the same as the British mainland, then Rock and Henry will not be able to form a political party, and at most they will act as the backing of a certain party.

"Fuck, is it really so insidious?" Henry muttered to himself, obviously not realizing the cunning of these old foxes.

"What do you think, um, let's go to Pretoria together tomorrow." Rock finally remembered Ade's teaching. At this time, the old fox should be allowed to deal with the old fox.

Early the next morning, Rock and Henry took the train to Pretoria, and the meeting with Yang Smother was handed over to Joe Russell. As for whether Yang Smother was happy?

Who cares!

Ade was very satisfied with Roque this time, and it was already noon after listening to Roque's report, so Ade simply left Roque and Henry to have lunch at the Palace of Justice.

"Democratic representative system is impossible. Even if we want to implement it one day, it is the premise that we have already prepared." Ade is really fooling the Boers, and has no plan to implement democratic representative system at all.

After listening to Ade's words, Henry nodded frequently, and Roque could only smile wryly. The plan could not keep up with the changes. Ade, an old fox, was finally defeated by reality. In any case, Ade did not expect that the situation would collapse so quickly.

"Of course the Boers will strive for a situation that is beneficial to them as much as possible, and the worst may happen. We still have to be as prepared as possible—" Ade continued, Henry looked at a loss, and Rock was thoughtful.

"Lock, what did you think of?" Ade asked by name.

"Some immature ideas—" Rock dared not say.

What Roque was thinking was, if the Boers demanded autonomy, could Roque go with the flow?

From a long-term perspective, Rock also hopes that the Transvaal can be self-governing. Of course, the autonomy here is not the kind of autonomy that is tied to Orange. Orange is clearly a burden now. What Roque wants is that the Transvaal and Orange should be governed separately, the Boers in Orange play their own, and the Chinese in Transvaal play their own, without interfering with each other.

Such thoughts must never be told to Ade, if Ade knows, Ade probably will not let Rock out of the Palace of Justice.

"Tell me?" Ade's attitude towards Rock was encouraging.

"After meeting with Yang Smotz last night, Henry suggested that we could form our own political party to fight against the People's Party and the Orange Unity Party founded by the Boers. Give it a try." Rock really wanted to try, and there was no loss if he didn't succeed, but if he succeeded——

"It is not impossible to form a political party. Cape is now implementing a democratic representative system. In the long run, the Transvaal and Orange will definitely implement a democratic representative system, so it is okay to make preparations in advance. The key question is, are you prepared? How do you do it? If you implement a democratic representative system in the Transvaal, are you sure you can defeat the Boers.” What Adler meant by “be prepared” is that even if a democratic representative system is implemented, the Boers cannot be allowed to take power.

At the very least, the Boers cannot be allowed to take power in the Transvaal.

It is still the unavoidable reason. Britain launched the war for the gold in Johannesburg. Britain needs to use this gold to control world finance. Therefore, the gold in Transvaal is the bottom line of Britain. In another time and space, although South Africa finally gained self-government status , but Johannesburg's gold has been continuously shipped to London, which strongly supports London's strengthening of its status as a world financial center.

"If the farmers in Johannesburg have voting rights, then we can easily defeat the Boers." Rock showed his cards.

"Chinese?" Ade's expression was complicated.

"Yes, the Chinese." Rock replied honestly. He didn't mean to threaten at the moment. This is the situation, so let's figure it out.

The farmers in Johannesburg today are not the same as those in the Transvaal Republic.

During the period of the Transvaal Republic, Boer farmers had large farms, usually thousands of acres in size.

Relatively speaking, the farms of Chinese farmers are much smaller. Under normal circumstances, the farms of Chinese farmers are about 1000 acres, and the small ones are only a few hundred acres, or even about a hundred acres. In this way, the land of Johannesburg No increase, in fact the number of farms has increased compared to the period of the Transvaal Republic.

An increase in farms means an increase in taxpayers and an increase in voters. As long as Adelaide agrees to give the Chinese the right to vote, Rock really doesn’t pay attention to the Boers in the Transvaal. .

"You used to send Chinese to Johannesburg just for this day." Ade said lightly, looking at Rock with calm eyes.

The calmer it is, the weirder it is, and Rock's heart is full of alarms.

"No, when I arrived in Johannesburg, there were already Chinese laborers in Johannesburg—" Rock must be trying to shirk responsibility, and this blame can only be blamed by Stoudemire: "—the living environment of Chinese laborers was very bad at that time. I must not just sit idly by. Later I learned that someone was selling Chinese laborers to Johannesburg on a large scale. It was an American named Herbert Hoover. This American worked in the Kailuan Coal Mine in the Qing Dynasty. The Chinese laborers were all sold by Herbert Hoover to the De Beers Consolidated Mining Company, er, Henry and I bought a gold mine at the time, it was a bit of a coincidence, our gold mine also needed workers, so—"

If necessary, Rock can also confess Nelson Holt and Kevin Trivikon together, but that is not necessary. With Stoudemire and Henry taking the blame together, this weight is enough.

After listening to Ade, he looked back and forth at Rock and Henry with eyes that hated iron and steel.

Rock and Henry are very honest at the moment, and both of them have simple and honest faces.

"Look at what you have done!" Ade was very angry, but also very helpless. Everyone knows that the gold mines in Johannesburg are fat, and even the princes and nobles want to come up to take a bite, and the local officials in Johannesburg are no exception. .

"You two are so short of money? A baron, a baron, such a big fief is not enough—" Ade slammed the dining table, and the tableware on the table jingled and danced.

"I don't have a fief—" Rock muttered in a low voice, since the baron didn't have a fief.

"What are you talking about?" Ed demanded.

"Nothing—" Rock pretended to be a chick.

"The land is not sealed yet. What are the farms around Johannesburg? Nyasaland is not enough? The Duke's land is not as much as yours—" Ad continued, but he didn't notice that he seemed to have strayed from the topic: " And you, your cement factory has been put into production, and the city government went to your factory to buy cement, but you dare not sell it, where is the cement?"

Ade turned his head and sprayed wildly at Henry.

"All the cement let Rock pull away—" Henry immediately sold Rock.

"I didn't know the city government wanted to buy it—" Roque was really wronged. If Roque knew, he would definitely save some for the Pretoria city government.

Cement is quite useful. Rich people use marble and granite to build houses, but poor people can't afford it, so they can only use wood.

In fact, wood is not cheap. The cheapest material is cement. A piece of wood that takes decades to grow must cost more than a bag of cement with almost no cost. When the cement was first produced, Henry pulled a few cars to Pretoria Police Station hardened the playground inside the police station.

This was originally just to verify the performance of the cement, but after inspecting the playground of the police station, Mars Yates, the mayor of Pretoria, expressed his wish to harden the ground of the church square on the spot. As a result, Henry gave the answer: Production is not enough to provide enough cement.

Henry is an aristocrat. Although Mars Yates is the mayor, there is nothing he can do about Henry, but Mars Yates can sue, so Henry is out of luck.

"A baron, a baron, two police chiefs, the good Pretoria and Johannesburg made you messy--" Ade continued, Rock and Henry were scolded and dejected.

After 10 minutes, Ade finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Rock immediately poured water.

Ade drank it down, and then his expression was really complicated. After being scolded for a long time, he still knows how to pour water, which is really hard to hate.

"The farm was actually an accident. I know that the Chinese have a strong land complex, so I gave the farm as a salary to the miners. The effect is still very good. The farms in Johannesburg are developing rapidly, and those farmers have moved their families to Johannesburg. In Johannesburg Settling down, even if they don’t have the right to vote, they can generate tax revenue and enrich the agricultural product market in Johannesburg. Recently, Professor Douglas and I are trying to set up a textile factory. If successful, the textile industry may become another economic pillar of Johannesburg in the future .” Rock didn’t show any urgency, sometimes it’s a fight if you don’t fight.

"The farm can already produce wool?" Ade did not expect that the development of the farm would be so fast. You must know that a few weeks ago, officials of all sizes in Johannesburg were still seeking loans and subsidies for the farm in Johannesburg.

"It was possible a few months ago. The Johannesburg farm raised Merino sheep, the latest breed bred by the Royal Academy of Agriculture in Gloucester. Not only the wool yield is large, but the quality is also good. In the past, we sold the wool directly to the local area. It’s not bad, but it earns very little money, and with shipping costs, there is almost no profit, so Professor Douglas and I both think that it is necessary to set up a textile factory in Johannesburg.” Rock wants to rely on economic cards to impress Ade, and the address of the textile factory is actually It has been selected, it is on Scarlett's farm, there are enough workers there, and it is remote enough that it will not pollute Bigwig Town and Johannesburg.

This can be regarded as a crooked attack.

(End of this chapter)