Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 308 Judicial autonomy

The word "mopping up" fully explained the work content of the mercenaries in Madagascar.

This method is commonplace in this era. The British can deal with the Boers who are also white, and the French are not soft on the Malagasy.

"You have to be careful, don't be used as a gun by the French. If this kind of thing gets out, everyone will still lose face." Stoudemire finally returned to Johannesburg, and came to Rock immediately.

The second batch of mercenaries that Roque sent to Madagascar were drawn from Port Edward. They were all Zulu scouts that Roque sent to Portuguese East Africa to help the Yao people. Now that the war is over, these scouts have transformed into Port Edward. The supervisor, so Stoudemire knows Rock's actions during this time.

With the end of the epidemic in Johannesburg, Johannesburg, which was once deserted during the plague, re-prospered, Bigwig Town became a tourist attraction again, and the gold mine returned to normal.

Compared with before the outbreak of the plague, the overall sanitation situation in Johannesburg has reached a new level. Rock knows that the plague can be used to improve the sanitation standards of Bigwig Town, and the Johannesburg city government certainly knows it.

Facts have proved that under the dual factors of fines and corporal punishment, it is really easy to cultivate people's habits. In Johannesburg, there were people littering, remote alleys and even defecating everywhere. After the plague, all these situations have disappeared. Johannesburg During the plague period, the city government vigorously publicized the relationship between disease and environmental sanitation, which is closely related to people's vital interests, and no one wants to feel the threat of plague anymore.

"Even if this kind of thing gets out, the French and the Zulus did it together, and it has nothing to do with me." Rock said clearly that even if Madagascar turned into a hell on earth, it has nothing to do with Rock. The cause planted by the French, It would not be possible for Rock to bear the consequences.

Even if he takes the burden, Roque is actually not afraid. Everyone’s buttocks are not clean these days. Britain and France have the most black history. Relatively speaking, Roque has very few stains. Compared with the British government and the French government, he is almost a "saint". To the extent that Stoudemire is not worried about Rock, it is better to worry about Cecil Rhodes.

When Cecil Rhodes conquered Rhodesia, he also did everything he could, buying, deceiving, threatening, coercing, and even directly launching a war. He had no bottom line than Rock.

"Aren't we going to deal with the Germans or the Belgians next? Madagascar is not our attack direction." What Stoudemire didn't understand was why Roque agreed to the French and provided help to the French. If it was only for mineral resources, it was really Unreasonable.

Compared with Johannesburg, Madagascar can be called "barren". The most worthwhile mineral resource to mine in this era is gold, and other mineral resources are thankless.

At least, mining other mineral resources is not as rewarding as mining gold.

"Who would think that there is too much money—" Rock couldn't explain it, and he couldn't tell Stoudemire that Rock just liked "effortless effort".

For Stoudemire, except for gold, other mineral resources probably have no mining value, so Stoudemire gave all the copper mines in Northern Rhodesia to Roque with a big stroke of the pen.

But for Rock, gold mines are only a way to accumulate primitive capital. Rock's main purpose is to develop Nyasaland's industry with the accumulation of gold mines. At this time, Madagascar's mineral resources are very important.

Equally important are Madagascar's human resources.

I still remember the way La Navalona fought against Britain and France, which was to prohibit the sending of labor to Reunion Island and Mauritius Island controlled by France and Britain respectively. It can be seen that Madagascar is quite rich in human resources.

Rock has successively won Nyasaland and the mouth of the Indian Ocean, and a lot of manpower is still needed for construction.

The construction of this era is actually built with human lives. Those railways and ports are all piled up with human lives. After the conflict between the Zulus and the Natal government broke out, Christian’s desire to obtain labor from Zululand is not enough. Easy, the Yao people are now Rock's partners, so Rock needs a new way to obtain cheap labor, and Madagascar is undoubtedly a good choice.

"Do you know? In order to retain the Natal government, London has given the Natal government judicial autonomy." Stoudemire did not get entangled in this issue. Anyway, it has nothing to do with Stoudemire.

After the Natal government resigned collectively, London finally realized the seriousness of the matter, so after emergency consultations, London decided to withdraw the previous order, giving the Natal government the right to execute the 12 Zulus without review s right.

This decision seems inconspicuous, but it actually gave the Natal government full judicial autonomy. From then on, the Natal government sentenced anyone to death and no longer needed London's review.

The four colonies of the Cape are one. Since London has granted the Natal government judicial autonomy, it should also grant the Cape, Transvaal, and Orange governments the same judicial autonomy. It will seriously weaken the influence of the British government on the four colonies of the Cape. It seems that everyone is happy now. In a few years, London will taste the bitter fruit of gradually "relaxing" the colonies.

It is not necessarily a bitter fruit. Britain has now begun to shrink its strategy. Canada and Australia are self-governing, and the four colonies of the Cape will definitely be self-governing in the future. As long as India is still the jewel in the crown of the British king, the British government is probably not worried.

"I know, this is a good thing, and you also know how bullshit the previous censorship system is." Rock couldn't help but swear, when the colonies had no judicial power, the four colonies of Cape sentenced anyone to death, and they needed London's review. It should be said that it is a good thing, but the censorship system that can tell how far London is from southern Africa by looking at a map is really bullshit.

Rock is a police officer. As a violent institution, this regulation has a great impact on Rock and others. Therefore, the Johannesburg City Government is also urging the Transvaal to apply for the same judicial autonomy.

"I don't know what the members of the Congress are thinking. If this continues, sooner or later, the British Empire will fall apart." Stoudemire was heartbroken. To do so in Congress, in Stoudemire's view, was suicidal.

"Thinking about the Boer War, the cost of maintaining the colony was too high, so Congress was forced to choose a low-cost method." Rock was happy to see the results. Even if the Transvaal gained autonomy, the Transvaal would still remain. In the Commonwealth of Nations, there are all the benefits that should be there. The rights that originally belonged to the British government belong to the Transvaal government. Rock can't see anything wrong.

For Britain, there is nothing wrong with colonial self-government.

The cost of maintaining the colony is actually too high. Not to mention the money-burning behavior of the Boer War, maintaining the daily operation of the colony itself requires a large cost.

After the independence of the colonies, Britain can still obtain cheap raw materials from the colonies, and can still use the colonies as dumping grounds for its own raw materials, and it also saves the operating costs of the colonies. This is a good deal in any case.

Stoudemire smiled wryly and shook his head. He was obviously not persuaded by Roque, but he couldn't refute Roque's words. The fault was that the British territory was too large and there were too many colonies, so the current London government didn't feel bad about selling land.

"I almost forgot the business, Locke, give me some of your people, I want to build a railway from Salisbury to Sorafa." Xiaosi woke up like a dream. Some time ago, Xiaosi went to Solafa, by the way, went to Port Edward. At this time, Stoudemire discovered that the railway from Nyasaland to Port Edward had actually started construction, which gave Stoudemire a strong sense of urgency.

Rhodesia obtained Solafa at the same time as Nyasaland obtained Port Edward. Before that, Solafa had a higher level of development than Port Edward. Not even a lighthouse.

Stoudemire thought that Rock was busy fighting the plague during this time and had no time to take care of Port Edward.

After arriving in Port Edward, Stoudemire was surprised to find that at least [-] workers were working in Port Edward, and the railway between Port Edward and Nyasaland had also started construction. This really surprised Stoudemire. It's like an invisible competition. If after a period of time, Rock makes the construction of Port Edward full of flowers, but Solafa remains in the hands of Stoudemire, then this will be a great blow to Stoudemire's self-confidence.

Stoudemire now admits that there is a huge gap compared to Rock in terms of development, and even Cecil Rhodes is not as good as Rock in this aspect, but Stoudemire will not admit this.

Then Stoudemire can surpass Roque only in terms of construction.

In Nyasaland, Stoudemire has already seen Rock's ability to "turn a stone into gold", but Stoudemire does not think that he is inferior to Rock. Now Stoudemire finally has a chance to compete with Rock. It's just that Stoudemire didn't expect that he was already behind before he started to act.

"I'm sorry Cecil, I don't have enough manpower here either. In order to get this number of people, I have tried everything I can. I really don't have any extra manpower for you—this is why I asked the chief to go to Madagascar. The reason.” Rock has no one in his hands. Although Rock has not stopped immigrating to Nyasaland, Rock is definitely not willing to let the Chinese build the railway.

"Then what should we do?" Stoudemire had a headache, and now Stoudemire finally felt the anxiety in London. Population is the biggest factor restricting the development of Britain.

Rock had no choice but to spread his hands. In this regard, Rock had no choice but to wait until Robert sent someone over from Madagascar.

Or, wait for the slag to send someone from Tanganyika to Solafa.

Tanganyika is a German colony, and it is not easy for Zha Zha to get people from Tanganyika.

(End of this chapter)