Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 282 Killing the Enemy with Rules

After all, Bobby Holt is just a young man who has just started working.

Thanks to Tony Elson Holt, Bobby Holt will probably not be short of money in his life. Although he is not as rich as Rock and Henry, he still has funds to support himself while satisfying personal consumption. Small hobbies, which is why Bobby Holt and his small group can exist.

I have to say that Rock still underestimated Bobby Holt and his small team. In this small room, Rock saw at least six simple industrial machine tools. It seems that Bobby Holt and his team It is here that two motorcycles are hammered out.

It was really inspirational, Rock noticed that there were two disassembled engines in the corner.

Bobby Holt noticed Rock's eyes and took the initiative to introduce: "This is an engine bought from Germany. There are still many problems, mainly because it is not stable enough. Our first motorcycle broke down four times within a month. The second time, Green was mainly responsible for the engine repair, after the improvement of the engine, our second motorcycle has not broken a single time so far.”

Green's appearance is very simple and honest, similar to Farhan in "Three Idiots" and looks like a technical geek.

"Can you improve the engine?" Rock was still very surprised. After all, this is the engine, the heart of the industry. It seems that such a tall thing should not be discussed in such a casual tone.

As a result, improving the engine seems to be no more difficult than frying a steak in Bobby Holt's mouth.

"The structure of the engine is not complicated. Mr. Daimler designed a four-stroke engine 30 years ago. Now this gasoline engine was invented by Mr. Daimler 20 years ago. This engine is not complicated. Give us a little Time, we can even complete it." Bobby Holt was very confident, and Rock suddenly realized that yes, the engine has just entered its infancy, and it really doesn't have much technical content.

With a "rumbling" noise and curses from neighbors, Ted finally drove the motorcycle over.

Not to mention Bobby Holt, even Rock felt embarrassed. The noise was really disturbing.

"Can't you find a way to reduce the noise of the motorcycle?" Rock suggested.

"We're all focused on improving performance—" Bobby Holt looks mortified, and Green and Ted are a little embarrassed.

Rock's heart is clear, these guys don't want to reduce the noise at all, maybe they think the noise is not loud enough to attract the whole town.

The second-year middle school boy who is flamboyant and loves to show off!

In fact, aside from the noise, the motorcycle made by Bobby Holt is still good, except that the seat, which is similar to a bicycle seat, is a bit out of grade, and the overall effect is better than the motorcycle bought by Father Frank.

"How is the performance of this motorcycle?" Rock wanted to try it out, but it was unrealistic.

"The top speed can run up to 50 miles per hour, as long as there is gas, you can go to the ends of the earth--" Ted uses this motorcycle every day and has the most say on this issue.

50 miles is about 80 kilometers. This speed is very good. Compared with riding a horse, it has obvious advantages. Rock's sun and north wind can reach this speed in a short time, but it can only last for three to five minutes at most at this speed. last for a long time.

Considering the price of the motorcycle, Rock immediately became excited: "You are going all out now, how many motorcycles can you produce each month?"

How many?

Bobby Holt, Green, and Ted all looked embarrassed. They looked at each other, and Bobby Holt slowly stretched out two fingers: "The three of us will do our best. Every month Probably only two will be produced."

Two cars, this speed is too slow, Rock is disappointed, but it doesn't matter, Rock exists to solve such problems.

It is no wonder that Ted proposed large-scale production. The cost of a motorcycle is less than one hundred pounds, and it can be sold for three hundred. Bobby Holt is not short of money. Ted and Green The annual salary is about 200 pounds.

In this way, if Ted and Green switch to motorcycle manufacturing, their annual salary can be doubled ten times immediately.

"What if I give you more manpower?" As long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a problem.

"If there are enough people, then the speed can indeed be accelerated." Bobby Holt is confident that the three of them are not professional workers, and they all have their own jobs during the day, so they can only use their spare time to build motorcycles. If they are full-time , the speed can definitely be accelerated.

"Then hire people to do it, hire people to manage, you are only responsible for technology and supervision." Rock pointed out the way, it doesn't matter if you don't have time, you can spend money to hire other people's time, this is the advantage of capitalists.

The motorcycle industry is still very promising. Vigorously developing the motorcycle industry can not only solve the traffic problem in Johannesburg, but also force the city government to solve the road problem.

There is now only one dirt road between Johannesburg and Pretoria, which is barely usable under normal circumstances and becomes muddy during the rainy season.

For example, now, only the railway can pass between Johannesburg and Pretoria, and the road is no longer usable.

If an asphalt or concrete road can be laid between Johannesburg and Pretoria, the connection between Johannesburg and Pretoria will be greatly strengthened.

"Hire people—" Bobby Holt seemed to have discovered a new world, with dividends from the Matilda gold mine, Bobby Holt was not short of money, and even Bobby Holt didn't know what to do. How to spend money.

"Yes, hire people to do it. Johannesburg has everything, steel, natural rubber, and manpower. Except for no oil, the materials needed to make motorcycles can be purchased locally in Johannesburg. You can hire people to do it. If the engine cannot If you can produce it yourself, you should buy it from Europe first. If you can produce it yourself, you can still produce it yourself. Don’t worry about the sales volume. No one will buy my bag.” Rock strongly supports, and the police station has a great demand for motorcycles, let alone Johannesburg. In the surrounding farms, as long as motorcycles are built, there will be sales.

"Okay, we'll hire someone right away." Bobby Holt made up his mind.

"Hmph, don't think so well. If you want to expand production, you can't be in Bigwig Town. During this period, many people have complained about you. Bobby, you are the deputy mayor, so it's impossible not to know." Buck Splashing cold water, this is not considered wearing small shoes.

"Then let's go to Johannesburg—" Bobby Holt didn't dare to resist, there is no place to stay here, but there is a place to stay—

"Go to Johannesburg? You want to produce motorcycles, but taxes will increase. Are you going to send the taxes to Johannesburg? Are you still the deputy mayor of Bigwig Town?" Training has no memory.

This is the horror of low-level officials. Offending them can kill people every minute.

"Got Buck, grant them a piece of land outside the town, and let them toss around—by the way, be careful not to pollute the environment." Luo Keti requested that it is impossible to go to Johannesburg, and he can only stay in Bigwig Town.

Motorcycles need to be produced, and the environment must be protected. Compared with the environment, Rock would rather not have a factory. Anyway, the rotten meat is in the pot.

"Hehe, okay—now, let's talk about the land transfer fee." Buck went around in a big circle, and the purpose was still for money. The mayor of the town was indeed qualified.

Rock didn't care how much land transfer fees Buck asked Bobby Holt for, and after the matter was settled, Rock was in a good mood and returned to the clubhouse without a dream all night.

It can no longer be called the guild hall. After the Agricultural Association moved, the guild hall became the residence of Baron Nyasaland, and the address is No. 001, Ziwei Town.

Early the next morning, Rock got up early to go to Johannesburg. When passing by Bigwig Girls' School, Phyllis was leading her students to do morning exercises.

There are now more than 700 students in the girls' school. They wear neat school uniforms and do morning exercises neatly on the hardened playground. Most of the children wear rain boots made of natural rubber. At this time, there are actually synthetic rubbers, but Limited to technical means, the performance of products made of synthetic rubber is not ideal, and the price is higher than that of natural rubber.

Rock waved to Phyllis from a distance, and Phyllis responded happily.

The response was not big, but it was still discovered by Principal Sophia.

Fortunately, Principal Sophia is still very witty, and did not strictly criticize Phyllis as Roque imagined, but turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it.

So Roque went to work very relieved.

For the whole morning, Roque was busy with various trivial matters. Only then did Roque realize Joe Russell's hard work. No wonder Joe Russell stayed in Bloemfontein and did not come back. He probably meant to be lazy.

In fact, he is not too busy. After all, most of the time, Rock just makes decisions, and Li De handles the specific work. Rock gets off work early and goes to Owen for coffee.

Owen has been very happy recently. The Liberal Party is thriving. The number of regular party members has exceeded [-]. Most of them are farmers around Johannesburg and officials of the Johannesburg city government.

If nothing else, these two groups will be the basic base of the Liberal Party in the future.

"Next month, our Liberal Party will open a branch in Pretoria. How about it? Do you want to attend the opening ceremony of the branch?" Owen extended an invitation to Rock seemingly jokingly.

"No, you go to Henry and ask Henry to help you find someone to take over the place." Rock didn't want to show off. Pretoria is Henry's territory, and Rock can just be optimistic about his own three-thirds of an acre of land.

"The subsidy to the farmers has been issued. On average, each farmer has received 60 pounds. The subsidy is issued in kind. The 60 pounds is about ten cows or a hundred sheep." Owen showed off Energy, the subsidy that Owen fought for farmers around Johannesburg.

According to the prices at this time, ten cows or a hundred sheep are definitely not worth a hundred pounds, but no one cares about these. After all, subsidies are given for free, and it is not a loan that needs to be repaid, so the farmers around Johannesburg We are all very happy.

I have only seen officials ask for money, and this is the first time that someone has offered to give money.

So the Chinese are really easy to please.

"That's right. The political party should work for the benefit of its members. As long as this continues, these people will be our hardcore voters after the democratic representative system begins." Rock was very proud, another time-space Louis Botha and Yang Smozi are very good. Together, the two have monopolized the prime minister's throne for 30 years after the establishment of the Federation of South Africa.

Don’t think about this time and space. Without the support of the Transvaal, the influence of Louis Botha and Jan Smitz has plummeted compared to another time and space. The People’s Party may still win the election in Orange, but in In the Transvaal, the BJP has no chance.

Without the support of the Transvaal, Orange estimated that there would be little chance of establishing the Union of South Africa.

In the four regions of South Africa, the essence is in the Cape and the Transvaal. In another time and space, the Boers control the Transvaal and Orange. They are strong enough to fight against the Cape. The Boers in this time and space are finished. , as long as the Transvaal and the Cape are owned, the British and Chinese can suppress the Boers.

"When it comes to the democratic representative system, I think we still have to be careful. At that time, the voting rights of Chinese Americans may have twists and turns." Irving planned ahead. Referring to Cape and Natal, it is true that no people of color have the right to vote. precedent.

However, this does not prevent the Chinese in the Transvaal from getting the right to vote. Cape and Natal do not pay attention to people of color because the people of color in Cape and Natal are not as big as the Chinese in the Transvaal. If people of color in Cape and Natal can also own a lot of farms and form their own political parties, then white people in Cape and Natal will also value the rights of people of color.

So, in the final analysis, racial discrimination is a matter of economic strength. Thousands of years before the Qing Dynasty, the Chinese still discriminated against everyone other than the Chinese. At that time, all foreign populations were regarded as "barbarians" by the Chinese.

"It doesn't matter, whoever agrees and whoever disagrees, you can just tell me." Rock said lightly, but Owen could hear the chill from Rock's words.

The so-called best enemy is the dead enemy, Roark doesn't have much time to waste on the enemy now, James Herzog and De Witt are the best examples, Louis Botha and Jan Smozi If they dare to fight against Rock in the future, their end will be miserable.

"Lock, don't be so violent. We need to get used to using rules to kill them." Owen disapproved of Rock using physical means to destroy opponents. If Rock developed such a habit, then Owen would also shudder.

A very simple reasoning, if Rock is used to physically destroying opponents, then if one day Owen also becomes Rock's enemy, Owen will also be eradicated by Rock mercilessly.

Relatively speaking, Owen still tends to solve problems within the scope of the rules. This may be a bit troublesome and the effect will be slower, but within the scope of the rules, everyone is safe.

(End of this chapter)