Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 330 The Elbow Cannot Be Turned Out (800 Monthly Ticket Plus Change)

In fact, the current Congo Free State is about the same as the world turned upside down.

The conflict that broke out with Nyasaland directly caused the stability of the Congo Free State to collapse. Before that, although the resistance of the Tatera people had not subsided, the Taitera chief had been driven out of the Congo Free State and ran to Germany. It belongs to Tanganyika, and its impact on the Congo Free State has been extremely limited.

During the conflict, the Congo Free State lost troops and generals. Not only did the colonial army formed by Leopold II suffer heavy losses, but even the white mercenaries were completely annihilated by the Rhodesian Northern Division. The Tatera people revived, and other originally stable areas were also affected by the Tatera people, and resistance to the Belgians emerged in endlessly. Even the formerly obedient colonial army began to obey the orders of the colonial authorities.

As mentioned earlier, the colonial army formed by Leopold II in the Congo Free State, although the officers were white, the soldiers were all Congolese. This is actually a big hidden danger. Once the morale of the army fluctuates, then Leopold II’s colonial The rule will collapse completely.

Leopold II also knew that there were great hidden dangers, but Leopold II had nothing to do. Belgium was also a small country with few people and could not provide enough soldiers for Leopold II. The Congo Free State was still Leopold II The Belgian government may also have ideas, so Leopold II can only rely on the Congolese to form a colonial army.

This is actually a common method used by colonial countries. If Rock hadn’t made trouble, this model would have continued until the end of the Cold War in the middle of the 20th century. Rock just advanced the process and did not change the final result.

There is still a change, at least the difficulties that Leopold II had to face do not exist here in Rock.

What Leopold II had to face was not only the Congo Free State, which was about to collapse, but also international criticism and pressure, as well as the domestic demands of Belgium. Compared with the chaotic Congo Free State, the two Even worse.

In order to suppress the rebellious Congolese, Leopold II granted more rights to Katanga Company, Antwerp Company, Kasai Company, and Imbi Rubber Company, etc., which have huge interests in the Congo Free State. The land was leased to these companies, and these companies were allowed to form an army to maintain rule in the Congo Free State.

At the same time, Leopold II denied everything to the outside world, firmly refused to recognize the cruel rule in the Congo Free State, and invited the British and French to join the investigation team formed by Leopold II to go to the Congo Free State to investigate the truth .

It has to be said that Leopold II's calculation was very clever. Britain and France also have extensive interests in the Congo Free State. On this issue, Britain and France must support Leopold II.

Taking a step back, the British and French asses are not clean. All colonial countries have just conquered their colonies, and when they consolidated their colonies, they used almost similar methods, except that the colonies of Britain and France have stabilized, so Britain and France will speak out on this issue to show the fairness and justice of their governments.

In fact, it's just fifty steps laughing at a hundred steps.

After the rainy season ended, a new round of construction began in Johannesburg.

This round of construction is no longer focused on urban construction, but on road traffic. Johannesburg needs to take advantage of the dry season to improve the transportation network inside Johannesburg, and at the same time build a road leading to Pretoria.

The road between Bigwig Town and Johannesburg belongs to the transportation network within Johannesburg. This part of the cost is borne by the Johannesburg City Government. However, because Johannesburg has to start many construction sites at the same time, the funds are seriously insufficient, so this part of the cost has become a problem. .

"Locke, the Imperial Bank has promised to provide loans to the Johannesburg city government, and the terms are very good. The city government really has no reason to refuse." Owen was a little worried. Rock hoped that Owen could lobby the Johannesburg city government on behalf of the Rand Bank. , but from Owen's point of view, this seems a bit troublesome.

Before Rand Bank was established, Imperial Bank had already started operations in Johannesburg, so Imperial Bank was Rand Bank's biggest competitor.

In exchange for loans to other local governments, the Imperial Bank estimates that the government’s repayment ability must also be considered, and then set a relatively high condition according to the risk. There is no such concern for Johannesburg. Everyone knows that Johannesburg relies on the Rand Gold Mine. Even if there is no money in a short period of time, in the long run, there will be no problem with the repayment ability, so this is an investment that is sure to make a profit, and all banks want it.

The Rand Bank certainly wanted it too.

"Owen, the Rand Bank is the largest funder of the Liberal Party, and it is also a local bank in Johannesburg. Doesn't the city government leave this opportunity to the Rand Bank, and instead look for the Imperial Bank?" Rock was very dissatisfied, and said that the money would not flow Outsider Tian, ​​Owen and the city government are turning their elbows out.

"Lock, if the conditions of the Rand Bank and the Imperial Bank are the same, and even the interest rate is higher than that of the Imperial Bank, then the city government will also choose the Rand Bank, but the interest rate of the Rand Bank is now twice as high as that of the Imperial Bank. Long, what will you do?" Owen cocked his nose and raised his eyes, it wasn't because his buddies didn't want to save face, it was because the Rand Bank asked for too high a price.

"Hehe, Owen, if the Rand Bank doesn't set a higher interest rate, where will it get the money to donate to the Liberal Party?" Rock was confident, and he didn't hear Owen's chatter when collecting the money.

"These are two different things—" Owen was poor at words, and he was really short of staff.

Johannesburg is no longer the era when the city government can cover the sky with one hand. With the political stability, various "committees" in Johannesburg have also been established one after another. These committees are actually government supervision agencies. Deutsche Bank's high-interest loans and the Reichsbank's low-interest loans are not used, so the city government really can't explain it.

At this stage, the Rand Bank can only compete with the Imperial Bank in the Transvaal and Nyasaland. After all, the Imperial Bank is also a big business. More noble, so Rock had to use some small means to achieve his goal.

"It's the same thing. The Rand Bank needs to make a profit before it can give back to the society. If you don't have money, what can you use to support the development of the Liberal Party? What can you use to support the city government to improve people's livelihood? What will you use to pay dividends to shareholders?" Rock reminded Owen, Even if the Imperial Bank is powerful, in Johannesburg, the Rand Bank is the local snake.

This reflects the benefits of Rock pulling people into the car.

If the Rand Bank is Roque's private property, then Roque would not be so confident in his words now. In fact, the city government does not need to be entangled at all. The rotten meat is still in the pot, and Johannesburg will benefit in the end. It would be more appropriate to send the money to the Reichsbank.

"Well, I can try to help, at least help Rand Bank win a part of the share." Owen promised to help, and Rock was right. Owen also has shares in Rand Bank. I believe Philip also knows the difference between inside and outside.

After Owen is settled, Rock still has to urge Christian.

Christian is very busy now, and spends less and less time in Johannesburg. More than half of the time is spent commuting between Pretoria and Bloemfontein. These two cities are also using the dry season to strengthen infrastructure.

With the end of the rainy season, the plague finally ended. More than 4 people died of the plague in Orange, the most damaged city. More people fled Orange because of the plague, and went to Cape and Natal, or to the German Southwest. Africa, and Portuguese East Africa.

This objectively reduced the burden on the Orange government, because Bloemfontein suffered heavy losses during the plague, and the Boers finally stopped blindly staying in Bloemfontein to wait for aid, but left Bloemfontein to reclaim the farm and began to work normally. life.

The Orange government was a blessing in disguise. So many people died, and so many people ran away. If it were replaced by other local governments, it would be crying, but it is a good thing for the Orange government. The Orange government finally Start to have the energy to rebuild, and the road is of course the top priority.

"If you want to get rich, build roads first", the Orange government also understands this truth, so the first thing Bloemfontein needs to build is the road between Johannesburg and Johannesburg.

"Wait on the Orange side first, mainly on the Johannesburg side, there is still arguing on the Orange side." Of course, Rock pays more attention to Johannesburg, don't say anything like "disregarding the overall situation", on this issue , everyone is selfish.

"The wrangling has already begun. Orange means that the road between Johannesburg and Orange is in charge of the Orange government, and Johannesburg is in charge of Johannesburg; Lord Matilda is not interested in this proposal. For the sake of the Governor's Mansion, Lord Matilda agreed to the request of the Orange government, but did not allocate funds for this road, nor put this road on the agenda, for which the Orange government was very dissatisfied. I heard that the lawsuit is going to the Governor's Mansion—" Christian is the main contractor for the construction of the road, which section to build first is actually a matter of Christian's words, and Philip's words are not as good as Christian's.

Of course, Christian will also do things that make people speechless. The focus is different, and they must be built on the basis of going hand in hand. Anyway, the road is not repaired in one day. As long as the road is repaired within the contract period, no one can find it. To fault.

As for the lawsuit between the Johannesburg City Government and the Orange Government, this was already expected by Roque, and the separation of the brothers is still clear, not to mention the relationship between Johannesburg and Orange.

(End of this chapter)