Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 265: Salted Duck Eggs

Scarlett's farm has 100 acres, about [-] square kilometers.

More valuable than the farm were the Boer women on Scarlett's farm.

Textile mills may be the most suitable industry for female workers. In Johannesburg, the Transvaal, and even the entire southern Africa, it can be said that only Scarlett’s farm has enough female workers. Therefore, Rock has almost no choice but to Able to build a textile factory on Scarlett's farm.

Last month, the textile factory started construction, and the construction of the factory is currently underway. The machines purchased from the UK have also arrived in Cape Town. Rock hired the technicians needed by the textile factory from the UK through Christian. They are working on The Boer women on Scarlett's farm were trained, and it didn't take long for the textile factory to start production.

Ade did not expect Rock to find a new economic growth point for Johannesburg. It is a bit too much to say that it is an "economic pillar". At least in a short period of time, the textile industry cannot replace the mining industry, but in the long run, who knows——

"Compared to gold mines, I think farms are the future of Johannesburg. Around the farms in Johannesburg, Professor Douglas has planned a series of supporting factories such as dairy processing, slaughtering, meat processing, textiles, and even egg feed. Textile factories are just In the beginning, there will be more and more factories in Johannesburg in the future, and the economy will become more and more prosperous, which is impossible for the mining industry.” Rock once again overstepped his authority, which should be the job of Mayor Philip Matilda.

If it were someone else, they might think that Rock was putting the cart before the horse and running the farm instead of digging the gold mine, but Ade certainly wouldn't think so.

Ade is a very pragmatic person. He has German and British dual ancestry. He served as the private secretary to the Minister of Finance and the administrator of Egypt. From 1892 to 1897, he served as the chairman of the local taxation committee. knighted.

Jazz is just an honorary title, not a nobleman strictly speaking. After the Boer War, Ade was conferred the title of baron and became a noble class.

From the resume above, it can be seen that Ade's experience is very rich. He has both experience as a chief executive and long-term experience in economic work. Therefore, Ade can clearly understand that what Rock is doing now is development. The correct way of the economy, as for the gold mine in Johannesburg, it may create a large number of rich people, but it has no obvious effect on improving the local economy, and agriculture will make more people profitable, and the effect on local taxation is also more obvious , With money, the government can start the construction of public facilities, which is a virtuous circle.

"Do you think that Johannesburg's agriculture will surpass the mining industry in the future?" Ade's mood is undoubtedly joyful. Regardless of whether all that Rock said will come true, at least Rock cares about Johannesburg more than most officials who are vegetarians.

"It's just possible, but even if it's only a little bit possible, we have to try hard. After all, too many people care about the gold in Johannesburg—" Rock didn't finish his sentence, and it would be treasonous to say it.

In 1821, the British pound officially adopted the gold standard system, and the British pound became the standard currency unit of the United Kingdom. Each pound contains 1 grams of pure gold.

Since then, the United Kingdom has controlled the world's finances by using the pound sterling tied to gold.

The importance of gold to the pound is self-evident, so no matter what the future holds, Britain will not relax its control over gold.

Relatively speaking, agriculture is irrelevant. At least London does not care about agriculture in the Transvaal. Compared with gold mines, agriculture has become the private land of the Transvaal.

Although Roque said the hype, it was not enough to impress Ade. Adele acted resolutely, and went to Johannesburg with Roque that day to inspect the development of the Johannesburg farm.

Unlike Joseph Chamberlain, who was on the go, Ade did not take the train at all, and rode directly to Johannesburg with Rock and Henry. On the way, Rock asked whether to notify the Johannesburg city government, but Ade did not agree.

The closer you get to Johannesburg from Pretoria, the more developed the farm becomes.

There are still large areas of farms around Pretoria that have not been developed at all. Even if there are, they are being restored and reconstructed on the basis of the former Bull Farm. The nearby farms belong to Henry or Xiaos. They don’t have enough manpower. Corresponding development cannot be carried out, so the farm has to be allowed to continue to be barren.

Entering Johannesburg, the situation has improved significantly. A lot of land along the way has been reclaimed, and a large number of trees have been planted along the road. Although it does not seem to be a large scale now, it will be covered with trees in two or three years at most, and it is not far from the road. In the farm, several adult Chinese are drinking water and resting, and the draft horses for plowing the field have also taken off their cages and resting in the shade of the trees. Two children next to them are leading two or three South African mastiffs with their tails flicking wildly. , looks very lively.

Ade rode over, and it was obvious that the Chinese were a little alert, and the two younger Chinese had already put their hands on the holsters around their waists.

After the accident at the Liszt Farm, the Chinese are now used to carrying weapons with them even when they are plowing the land.

Several South African mastiffs reacted even more strongly, barking wildly and rushing this way from a distance, but they were stopped by two children.

"The weather is nice today, how are you?" Ad said hello to several Chinese. The Chinese all stared at each other. Rock was gesticulating desperately behind Ade, but these Chinese didn't seem to understand. Rhodes means.

"Hello, sir—" a child stammered, using English. Although he was not very proficient, his accent was very authentic, a standard London accent, which was rare in the entire Transvaal.

"You can speak English? That's great, where did you learn it?" Ade's interest increased greatly.

"Bigwei Public School, I'm a student of Bigwig Public School. Today is Sunday. I'm sorry sir, my English is not good enough." The child calmed down, and now his English became much more fluent.

"What do you study in school?" Ade doesn't have much experience in dealing with children, and he still speaks a little condescendingly. This is normal. Ade has no children, so he doesn't know how to communicate with children.

"Poetry, mathematics, science, music, and sports." The children are so precious, and this was not arranged in advance, because Ade came to Johannesburg on a temporary basis, which is more conducive to Ade's first-hand information.

"Sports, that's great, can you ride a horse?" Ade was in high spirits, completely ignoring Rock and a few fearful Chinese.

Rock made a gesture of calmness to the Chinese, and the Chinese slowly calmed down, with smiles on their honest faces.

"Yes, the school used to have no money and couldn't afford equestrian classes. Later, the principal said that London gave us funds, so we had the money to offer equestrian classes. But I only took two classes, and I haven't really ridden a horse yet." No Children who have experienced strangeness are still very talkative, and there is gratitude to London in their words, which makes Ade very useful.

"Are they your elders?" Ade won't spend too much time on children, his time is still very precious, and it's rare to come out once, so he must learn as much as possible about the situation.

"Yes, this is my father and uncle, this is my grandpa—" the child introduced to Ade.

The child's father and grandfather were all in awe.

"I want to visit your farm, is that okay?" Ade was still very polite.

Who dares to say no to the governor's request, Roque immediately asked the owner of the farm to lead the way.

Rock now translates as an avatar: "The owner of this farm is Chamberlain. He came to Johannesburg last year. At the end of the year, he bought a 150-acre farm with a loan from the Rock Gold Mine. Now the farm has expanded to 500 acres. Chamberlain At the beginning of the year, he brought his family from the Qing Dynasty to Johannesburg. He has a huge family with a population of more than 80 people, most of whom are under the age of 40. The grandfather of the child you saw just now was actually only 45 years old. The Qing Dynasty advocated early marriage. Many people get married and have children at a young age, and some even become grandpas in their 30s."

"Is that why there are so many people in the Qing Dynasty?" Ade lamented, compared with the Qing Dynasty, the population of Britain is too small.

The size of the population has a lot to do with the advanced level of society. In the current UK, teenagers may still be in school, or have already entered the factory to work, and there is no time to get married and have children.

Relatively speaking, the Qing Dynasty is much simpler. Because the economy is underdeveloped, people have no jobs and no opportunities to study, so they often get married and have children in their teens. The population growth rate is really fast.

"Part of the reason, not all because of this—" Rock led the way to the farm located in the center of the farm. There were more than 80 people in the farm, plus stables, sheep pens, fodder houses and granaries. The scale was actually not small.

The closer you are to the farm, the better the crops will grow. This year's drought is very serious. Adelaide ordered governments at all levels to prepare for the drought. Unexpectedly, according to Adelaide's situation, the impact of the drought on the farm seems to be Not serious.

"In fact, the impact of the drought on the farm is still quite serious. However, since last year, the Johannesburg City Government has begun to dig wells and build water conservancy. The impact of the drought on the farm has been minimized. The Agricultural Association has directed the farm to plant potatoes, corn, etc. in response to the drought. Drought-tolerant crops, this year's harvest is still very good." Rock knows to speak for the city government, after all, Rock is also an official of the Johannesburg city government, and everyone is prosperous, and everyone is hurt.

The harvest was indeed good, and Chamberlain's farm also planted a lot of potatoes, which filled two granaries after harvesting.

"Don't be afraid if there are too many potatoes. They can be eaten as food or as vegetables. If you can't finish them, you can use them to feed pigs and cows. This situation was unimaginable before. Now there are five horses and dozens of sheep at home. , and three fat pigs with cubs, this year they won’t be ready, but next year they will be ready to be slaughtered, and then I’ll send one to Doll’s school.” Chamberlain was full of gratitude to Rock, and he could only express it in the simplest way Own thanks.

The "Chinese New Year" here probably refers to Christmas. Johannesburg does not celebrate the New Year. If you want to celebrate the New Year, at least you have to wait until the Chinese get the right to vote. Before that, Rock will try to downplay the presence of the Chinese, such as "Spring Festival" The celebration of the festival is still slow, and Rock does not want the white people in Johannesburg to feel the cultural invasion of the Chinese.

Speaking of "cultural invasion", this is actually a very mysterious thing. Compared with the traditional Chinese cultural connotation, Western white culture is undoubtedly empty and boring. Most Chinese festivals are related to ancestor worship, while most Western festivals are It has something to do with religion. Compared with religion, ancestors are obviously more commemorative. Therefore, Rock is not worried about how much the Chinese in Johannesburg will be influenced by white culture. Just like the Chinese in Bigwig Town, the Chinese in Bigwig Town are now Sometimes I go to church to participate in religious activities, but the daily behavior of Chinese people is not much influenced by religion.

Ade inspected the pigsty and sheep pen located in the center of the farm. Although it does not seem to be of a large scale now, it will be more than enough to support a farm in time.

Rock encourages farms to raise poultry, whether it is pigs, chickens, ducks, or geese, which can provide the farm with richer nutrition and more income. In order to encourage farms to raise poultry, the Agricultural Association has started large-scale breeding since its establishment. Breeders are available to farms at low prices, and it won't be long before Johannesburg becomes self-sufficient in poultry eggs.

"Now there are too many eggs and duck eggs to eat. God, I never thought that one day eggs can be eaten freely. I never dreamed of such a day before-duck eggs and goose eggs are not willing to eat. When it’s done, I’ll sell it to the Agricultural Association, and Lao Li next door sold more than 200 salted duck eggs to the Agricultural Association, and just exchanged it for a calf, it’s crazy—” Chamberlain led Ade and Rock to see his salted duck eggs , The number is indeed quite a lot, there is a row of dozens of jars in the corner of the granary, and the eggs are flooded with duck eggs and goose eggs.

In fact, salted duck eggs have always been far away from the Chinese. In the case of salt and iron monopoly, the price of salted duck eggs can make people doubt life.

Britain used to collect salt tax, but that was a long time ago. In Cape, salt is a very common commodity. The price is not much more expensive than wheat, so salted duck eggs came into being and are very popular. .

Now in the UK, because most people are attracted to factories, there is a shortage of people engaged in agriculture, so the prices of products related to industry are falling, while the prices of agricultural products related to agriculture are rising. Salted duck eggs are a kind of handmade The produced agricultural products are very popular in Johannesburg, and are sold in Oak Bar and Russell Cafe. The price of each salted duck egg is two shillings, and the supply is in short supply.

Dinner was eaten at Chamberlain's farm. The Johannesburg city government finally knew that Adelaide was here to inspect, and Philip Matilda arrived at Chamberlain's farm before dinner.

In order to receive Adelaide and Philip Matilda, Chamberlain killed a sheep, boiled a pot of salted duck eggs, served with beef stewed potatoes and home-made wine on the farm. such a standard of living.

(End of this chapter)