Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 294

Plague is a severe infectious disease mainly transmitted by Yersinia pestis through rat fleas. Although the main route of transmission is rat flea bites, Yersinia pestis can also be transmitted through breathing, talking, coughing, skin, and even undercooked contaminated meat .

Therefore, to deal with the plague, the key is to eliminate the source of infection, disinfect, isolate, and even reduce contact between people. Therefore, the Governor's Office announced a ban on population movement as soon as the plague broke out.

In this way, if the Boers want to enter Johannesburg, they will lose their legal basis, and Johannesburg can openly reject the Boers.

"I heard that more than 2000 people died in Bloemfontein within three days, and it is estimated that nearly 2000 people were infected with the plague. The Bloemfontein city government sent three telegrams to the Governor's Office a day, asking us in Johannesburg to report to Bloemfontein. Dan provided medical support—” Owen was still terrified when he mentioned the situation in Bloemfontein, with [-] people in three days, one can imagine what kind of hell Bloemfontein is now.

Require?

Where did the Boers get such confidence!

"I haven't heard of it—" Rock didn't show mercy. The Boers were self-inflicted, and Johannesburg's medical power was not brought by strong winds. They usually have nothing to do, and they hope for external support when they encounter problems. Now the Boers are hopeless. Luo Ke would rather help the Zulus than provide even the slightest help to the Boers.

"Of course you haven't heard. The mayor disagrees. We don't have enough doctors to help Bloemfontein." The old god Owen is here, and Philip will definitely not be stupid in this kind of thing. Rock's heart is cruel If you don't even save your own people, will you save the Boers?

Don't be funny, Philip doesn't care about the life and death of the Boers. These days, everyone should go their own way.

"Has my request been approved? You have also seen that this matter is urgent. Bloemfontein needs our help, and we need help from others. If something happens, we can't rely on anyone. We can only rely on ourselves." Rock wants to take advantage of the situation and use this plague to maximize the benefits for Johannesburg.

When the plague just broke out, Philip and Ade called London successively, hoping to get medical support from London and more medicines.

London's answer is to study and study. Besides, everyone knows that "research and study" basically means no news. With London's work efficiency, wait for the results of the research. The plague estimates in Transvaal and Orange It's over too.

If it were someone else, the most they could do if they didn't get help would be to vent their anger by cursing.

Rock will definitely scold, but after scolding, Rock still has a lot to do.

Yesterday, Roque proposed to the city government that in view of Johannesburg's medical level and the actual needs of Johannesburg, Roque hopes to establish a medical school in Bigwig Town and a pharmaceutical factory in the suburbs of Johannesburg.

A medical school is not a primary school, and its establishment requires the approval of the Governor's Office.

The pharmaceutical factory is a big project that requires the Governor's Office to coordinate equipment and medical experts, so Rock has to submit the application to the city government first, and then the city government applies to the Governor's Office.

"The application has just been handed over to Pretoria. How can it be approved so quickly." Owen knows the process, and the whole process will take at least half a month.

But Rock can't wait. When the plague is over and the pain is gone, it's hard to say whether Ade and Philip will support the establishment of medical schools and pharmaceutical factories. Rock just wants to strike while the iron is hot.

"I really don't know why there is any hesitation. You don't need the governor's office and the city government to pay. You only need the city government and the governor's office to coordinate the relationship, and then enjoy the benefits. Is it difficult to approve this matter?" Rock was very dissatisfied with the city government. And the bureaucracy of the Governor's Mansion is obviously a good thing, and it should be done specially.

The establishment of medical schools and pharmaceutical factories is a good thing for the Transvaal and the whole of southern Africa.

Now there are no medical colleges or pharmaceutical factories in the whole of southern Africa. Even if a bottle of glucose is bought in South Africa, South Africa has to travel thousands of miles to Europe. The cost of this round trip has risen sharply. If a local pharmaceutical factory is established in Johannesburg, the price of drugs will drop. More than half, the ultimate beneficiaries are Johannesburgers, and even everyone in southern Africa.

As for medical schools, the importance does not need to be repeated. In the entire Transvaal, only Pretoria originally had the University of the Cape of Good Hope, but because of the war, the University of the Cape of Good Hope has not resumed classes. Cultural desert.

The medical school that Rock hopes to establish will greatly improve the medical level of the Transvaal and even the whole of southern Africa. With systematically trained doctors and cheap medicines produced by factories, the medical level of southern Africa will be raised to a higher level. In the face of a large-scale infectious disease such as the plague, the government will not be helpless.

"Lock, it's not as simple as you think. If the governor wants to put the school in Pretoria, if someone wants to invest in a pharmaceutical factory, will you agree?" Owen asked a sharp question.

Everyone wants the benefits. Johannesburg is full of gold mines. There are not too many rich people. Rich people like Rock, who have ideals and goals, will spend the money immediately after earning it. There are more rich people. There is money but no investment channels. If Rock announces the pharmaceutical factory plan, investors will flock to him, and the consequences will be unpredictable.

"Of course I agree, why not? If someone is willing to invest, I'd love to. As for the school, if the governor wants to put the school in Pretoria, then he should put it in Pretoria." Luo said. There is nothing wrong with it. If someone is willing to invest in a pharmaceutical factory, this is of course a good thing. It would be best to build the factory without Rock spending a penny.

As for the management rights after the factory is completed, Rock will definitely control it firmly. If anyone has any objections, then they can withdraw their shares, and Rock will not force it.

Even the school, Roque will not forcefully stay in Johannesburg. If Ade wishes to put the school in Pretoria, Roque will no longer take care of the school's construction. Roque believes in Ade, but Roque does not believe that Bi Those officials in Pretoria, no matter how good things are, if they are handed over to those officials, those people can make a mess.

A recent example of the conduct of officials is the sewers in Johannesburg.

Because of the outbreak of the plague, rats were exterminated throughout the city of Johannesburg. The sewers were the hardest-hit areas for rats and the top priority of the rat eradication work. As a result, the situation of the sewers was exposed and became a major scandal in Johannesburg.

According to the requirements of the Johannesburg City Government, Johannesburg's sewer standards should be in line with those of big cities such as London, Paris, and New York, and a world-class sewer system should be built.

As a result, after the outbreak of the plague, the staff who had to enter the sewers to clean and disinfect were surprised to find that, except for some important road sections, the sewers in most urban areas of Johannesburg were seriously unqualified. Don’t go, the sewers in some sections are less than one meter high, and even the sewers in some sections have been completely blocked.

After the incident was disclosed, the officials in charge of municipal construction and the company that undertook the sewer construction were unlucky. In a rage, Philip sent four officials from the Ministry of the Interior and three heads of the company that undertook the sewer project to prison. In addition to fines, rectification orders were also ordered. Calculated, the losses of the three companies were more than [-] pounds.

—By the way, two of the three companies belong to Christian.

Christian is now outside the police station, but Rock doesn't see him.

For a long time, Christian has been undertaking projects under the banner of Roque. Now that there is a problem with the project that Christian has undertaken, it is a shame for Philip not to hold Roque accountable. At least Roque will not give it to him during this time Christian looks good.

"You really don't care?" Owen didn't believe that Rock was so generous.

"Of course I don't care. In fact, Bigwig Hospital is training doctors and nurses. In a few days, more than a dozen doctors trained by Bigwig Hospital will go to Nyasaland. The Governor will put the medical school in Pretoria Ya, then put it in Pretoria, at worst I will build another one in Nyasaland.” Rock now has a lot of leeway in doing things. On Lan's side, what Rock wants to do doesn't need anyone's approval.

I am afraid that Ade and Owen have not realized that in the past few months, there have been fewer and fewer experts and professors in Johannesburg. Many experts and professors have gone directly to Nyasaland. Rock has planned a university town in Little Rock. In the future, Rock plans to establish Nyasaland University to completely solve the problem of talents needed by Nyasaland.

These days, it is actually very simple to set up a school.

With money and someone, it is a matter of minutes to establish a university, and Rock just happens to have both.

It is said that Roque is now a baron, and has a huge territory, with hundreds of millions of ounces of gold as the backing. If it is to build Nyasaland, Roque can spend money on Nyasaland.

The key is what to do after it is smashed.

The British government is definitely unwilling to see a strong Nyasaland in southern Africa, because Nyasaland at that time will affect the influence of the UK in southern Africa, and replace the UK, turning southern Africa into Nyasaland The place where the goods are dumped.

The countries around Nyasaland will definitely raise their vigilance because of Nyasaland's strength.

Even the Transvaal and Rhodesia will feel uneasy because of Nyasaland's strength.

A region with strong industrial capabilities, strong scientific research capabilities, self-sufficient food, obvious aggressiveness, strong mobilization capabilities, and the key point is that there are enough people to mobilize. It is worthy of vigilance for all countries.

To put it bluntly, by then, Nyasaland will almost be at the end of its rope. Think about Israel in the Middle East. If there is no United States, what will happen to Israel, and what will happen to Nyasaland.

(End of this chapter)