Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 305

Everyone has different shining points. As an old bureaucrat, it is obvious that Philip Matilda is best at quarreling with people.

In other words, what Philip Matilda is best at is playing tricks within the limits allowed by the rules.

Why does Roque frequently deflate in front of Louis Botha?

The fundamental reason is that Rock is shameless most of the time, and Louis Botha is shameless most of the time. In this world, honest people who want shame will always suffer. Shameless can eat more and take more, so Louis Botha likes to deal with "inexperienced" young people like Roque, and doesn't like old bureaucrats like Philip Matilda.

"Louis Botha is also in a daze. If he only talked about the plague, then maybe the governor will give some assistance to Orange. As a result, Louis Botha pointed the finger at the Johannesburg city government and was slammed by his father." , the governor didn’t give Luis Botha a good face, at least [-] people died in Orange during the plague, and there were only a few people in Orange—the governor must be very angry.” Henry gloated on the phone, and the Boers fell down this time. Even after the bubonic plague, it would take a long time for Orange to recover.

At present in 1902, the population is an important criterion for evaluating the competence of officials. For Britain, it is not important whether the colony expands, or whether the colony's economy develops, but whether the population of the colony increases.

With enough people, there will be enough consumer demand, enough human resources for the British Empire, and the interests of the British government can be guaranteed.

Taking a step back, the total population of this world is so large. The British colonies need immigrants, the French colonies also need them, and the colonies of small countries such as Portugal and Belgium need them more.

As long as the population of the British colonies continues to increase, the colonies of other countries will receive fewer immigrants. This is a trade-off.

Therefore, Ade still felt distressed when [-] Boers died in Orange.

Although these Boers now seem to be cumbersome.

"What about the final result?" Rock actually didn't care how Philip Matilda hated Adelaide and Louis Botha, Rock only cared about the result.

"Of course the final result is that the fox won again. Although my father won the battle with the governor and Louis Botha, he couldn't change the fact. Bloemfontein has become a hell. If there is no rescue, the Orange government will be unable to control it. The Boers are exodus, and the plague will spread to southern Africa along with the Boers, causing greater losses. Louis Botha promised not to pursue those Boers who fled to Johannesburg. The price is that Johannesburg will provide Bloemfontein with Help." Henry's voice was full of unwillingness, and although this result was unreasonable, it was also expected.

In any case, Ade will definitely not allow the plague to continue. The plague in Johannesburg is almost over, but the plague in Bloemfontein is still raging. Hundreds of people die in pain every day. The city government of Bloemfontein has lost In order to control the situation, if Johannesburg does not help Bloemfontein, then Louis Botha may really go to London, and Adelaide will be ashamed at that time.

In terms of emotion and reason, Johannesburg cannot actually sit idly by, not to mention the border between Bloemfontein and Johannesburg, as long as the epidemic in Bloemfontein is not over, the alarm in Johannesburg will not be lifted.

After all, the Orange people and the Johannesburgers are both British, and they should help each other in the face of a crisis, but the Boers have behaved too badly before, so Johannesburg is not willing to help.

Now the Boers have suffered enough, and the plague has taught the Boers enough lessons. In the Boer War, only more than 3 people died on the frontal battlefield plus concentration camps, and more than 2 people died in the plague. This lesson Suffering enough, if the Boers don't wake up after the plague, then sooner or later they will have bad luck.

"Did you say what kind of help it is?" Rock asked. The scope of this "help" is too large. Sending doctors and nurses to Bloemfontein to provide medical help for the Boers is help, just sending some potatoes and corn in the past. Also help.

If possible, Rock is of course willing to just send some potatoes and corn, but it is estimated that the Boers are not so easy to deal with. When the plague just broke out, Louis Botha hoped to get medical assistance from Johannesburg. Dan's medical resource words --

Bloemfontein has no medical resources. In the whole of Bloemfontein, before the outbreak of the plague, there were only two private clinics. Can you believe it!

"Food, daily necessities, and medical care—" Henry still said the words that Rock was least willing to hear: "Don't be like this, Locke, the Boers are also British now, we can't make it too difficult for the governor, just give in a little bit, The governor will definitely compensate you."

Bigwig Hospital is a private hospital, and it is out of love for Rock to help, and it is duty for him not to help, and Ade cannot force Rock to send the doctor to Bloemfontein.

Now is an extraordinary period. If Rock insists on not helping, although Ade has nothing to do with him, in Ade's heart, Rock must lose points, so even if Rock is unwilling, Rock will also ask for help. The Boers provide assistance, not for the Boers, but to help Ader solve the problem.

"I know, don't worry, as long as the governor asks, I will obey the order." Rock did not insist. In fact, many doctors in Bigwig Hospital are Boers. They all know the situation in Bloemfontein, although so far No one has shown obvious inclinations yet, but if Roque takes the initiative, then those Bull doctors will also be grateful to Roque.

Philip Matilda returned to Johannesburg overnight from Pretoria. As soon as Rock arrived at the police station, Philip called him to the official residence.

"Don't disobey the Governor's Mansion's order. The task now is to fight the plague. No matter what it is, we have to wait until the plague is over." Philip also looked tired. After all, he is in his 50s, and his health is not as good as that of Roque and the others. people.

"I know. I'll arrange for people to go to Bloemfontein later." Rock had already figured out his joints, and it would be no good to carry on. At this time, he had to be more upright.

"That's good. In a few days, there will be a special appropriation directly for Bigwig Hospital. The Governor agrees to put the medical school and pharmaceutical factory in Johannesburg. Do it well, and don't let the Governor's trust in you be disappointed." Philip looked at Roque's eyes were a bit complicated. Although Philip had repeatedly raised his opinion of Roque, when he saw Ade at the Governor's Palace yesterday, Philip found that he still underestimated Roque.

Ade really paid attention to Roque. When he talked with Philip about Bigwig Hospital, Ade even knew how many Boer doctors and how many Chinese doctors there were in Bigvea Hospital. Ade even knew that not long ago, Ade had Send a group of doctors and nurses to Nyasaland to establish a primary medical system in Nyasaland.

Although Roque is of Chinese origin, Adela trusts Roque more than other officials in the Transvaal. Louis Botha complained that Roque would rather idle medical resources than provide Bloemfontein When helping, Ade reprimanded Louis Botha sternly, and told Louis Botha clearly that if Orange hadn't trapped himself, then Bloemfontein would not have fallen to where it is today.

Even Ade's allocation of funds to Bigwig Hospital was originally intended to be allocated to Bloemfontein to fight the plague. Now that Bigwig Hospital is willing to send doctors to Bloemfontein, it is only natural that the money should be given to Bigwig Hospital.

What really surprised Philip was the medical school and the pharmaceutical factory.

Everyone knows the value of the medical school and the pharmaceutical factory. If Philip is the governor, even if Roque is Phyllis's husband, Philip may firmly put the medical school and the pharmaceutical factory in Pretoria instead of submitting to the government. As requested by Rock, both the medical school and the pharmaceutical factory were located in Johannesburg.

Medical schools cultivate talents, and pharmaceutical factories produce profits. There are no medical schools in southern Africa, or even in the whole of Africa. As long as the medical schools in Johannesburg start recruiting students, their influence will be immeasurable.

Now, Ade wants to hand over all of this. If Philip didn't know the situation between Rock and Ade, then Philip would really doubt the relationship between Rock and Ade.

"I will!" Rock felt a little more comfortable now, Ade is really experienced, and he is very good at playing balance. Rock had complained in his heart just now, but now he is willing.

Back at the police station, Rock called Bellamy and asked Bellamy to arrange for a doctor to go to Bloemfontein.

Then he called Christian, and Christian was still responsible for the construction of the medical school and the pharmaceutical factory.

As for funds—

Funding is not a problem. With Roque's current net worth, it is no problem for Roque to fund the establishment of a medical school and a pharmaceutical factory by himself.

But Roque can’t do that. If you have money, you have to earn it together, and if you have risks, you have to bear it together. Roque has now passed the stage of desperately trying to accumulate original capital. As long as you work steadily, in a few years, Roque will establish A community of interests spread across Transvaal, Rhodesia, and Nyasaland, and no one in Africa would dare to underestimate Rock.

In Johannesburg, there are many well-informed people, but in just one morning, the news that Africa's first medical school and the first pharmaceutical factory will soon be settled in Johannesburg has been known to everyone. The calls never stopped, but Roque didn't answer any of them.

Tang En was in charge of answering the phone. To everyone, Tang En had only one excuse: Your lord caught a cold last night and is currently receiving treatment. Please call back later.

Rock's phone call has never been so lively.

　At noon, there is still the first monthly ticket to be added, and there must be at least four updates today, and how much to add depends on the speed of Yutou——

　　

　

(End of this chapter)