Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 331 Miners' Children School

When it comes to official business, it's normal to shirk and argue, let alone such a major matter as road construction, a trivial matter can make a big deal.

The city government of Johannesburg is also afraid of being dragged down by Orange's habit. Regardless of whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, the Johannesburg city government does not want to deal with Orange. Road construction is more troublesome. Why is road construction ?Will it be convenient for strengthening communication? Now Johannesburg is afraid of Orange. After the road between Johannesburg and Bloemfontein is repaired, it will be more convenient for Boers to go to Johannesburg. Isn’t this asking for trouble for yourself? , no wonder the Johannesburg City Government is not in a hurry.

Rock is not in a hurry, anyway, no matter what Johannesburg and Orange are tossing, the first to start and complete the road between Bigwig Town and Johannesburg, and Christian can guarantee that the quality must be the best, and it will cost money least--

This one is unnecessary, anyway, it is not Roque who pays, and Roque doesn't care how much it costs.

With Owen at the helm, the city government of Johannesburg responded very quickly. It wanted to borrow 100 million pounds from the Rand Bank, and the interest would be calculated according to the Rand Bank's statement, which was exactly double the interest rate of the Imperial Bank.

On February 2th, the funds were in place, the construction team entered the site, and the road construction officially started.

After Phyllis returned to Johannesburg, she did not return to work at the girls' school, but came to the miners' children's school next to the Rock Gold Mine.

Yes, it is such a bad name, in order not to attract attention, Rock is doing everything possible.

Although the name is broken, the school is brand new. Rock is planning to bring all Chinese students to the new school, so the school can accommodate more than 2000 people, and it can be expanded at any time. After all, the spare land near the Rock Gold Mine is comparable to Biggonia There are many towns, and there is not much vacant land in Bigwig Town. If it expands outwards, it will occupy the farms around Bigwig Town, and there is a lot of open space near the Locke Gold Mine. As long as there is a need, the school can be built as big as it wants .

After Phyllis learned about Nyasaland's education model, she learned more about compulsory education, and began to doubt the elite education that has been promoted in the UK, so she was very enthusiastic about the new school, and even asked Luo Ke proposed to serve as the principal of the school for the children of miners.

"Come on, don't forget that you are the baron's daughter and the future baroness. If you are the principal of the miners' children school, what about the girls' school?" Rock refused. If Phyllis becomes the principal, then Even if the miners' children's school wanted to keep a low profile, it couldn't.

Roque also said less about Felice's identity, she is still the Baron's younger sister.

"Why keep a low profile? You said that you should be low-key and high-key—" Phyllis still didn't know why Rock kept a low profile on this matter.

For a long time, Rock has actually believed in being a low-key person and doing things high-key. The two are not in conflict at first, but because Rock has too much selfishness in the matter of school, Rock's behavior this time is uncharacteristic.

Considering the relationship between Rock and Phyllis in the future, Rock decided to be more frank, and I believe Phyllis can understand.

"Other matters can be high-profile, but this matter is not acceptable. You know, European countries are not friendly to the Chinese—" just as Roque spoke, Phyllis was in a hurry to speak, and Roque stopped him with gestures: "I didn't mean You, I mean the overall atmosphere of the whole society, even including southern Africa, has a bad attitude towards the Chinese, at least they don’t regard the Chinese as a group that can get along with each other on an equal footing.”

Phyllis cannot deny this point. Although Rock is now a baron, there are still many people outside the Transvaal who refuse to face up to the role of the Chinese community, including many people in the Transvaal. , they can indeed get along with Rock on an equal footing, but that is not an acknowledgment of the Chinese community.

"—You also know that the current educational resources are not fair. Many white children in Cape Town and Orange are unable to receive education, so the miners' children's school must keep a low profile, otherwise it will become another original sin of the Chinese, People who are jealous are unreasonable. They can only see that white children cannot receive education, but Chinese children can study in miners’ children’s schools. They don’t think about why, they only complain about the injustice.” Rock’s understanding of human nature It must surpass Phyllis. Looking at how popular the places in Bigwig Public School are now, you can see how tight the educational resources are.

"It shouldn't be like this, why can't we live in peace—" Phyllis really doesn't understand the thinking of some people, this is normal, Philip, Henry Owen and even Arnold used to protect Phyllis too well, and now they protect Phyllis Si's was replaced by Roque, and Phyllis had never seen the real sinister heart.

"Some people are destined not to live in peace unless there is no gap between the rich and the poor in the whole society, and there is no distinction between high and low, but that will affect the progress of the whole society. If there is no gap, people will have no motivation to struggle, so the contradiction It will exist for a long time, regardless of people's personal will." The biggest difference between Rock and Phyllis is that they have seen all kinds of cases, and they don't need to try, they know that some things will evolve for a long time, and what will happen in the end .

The miners' children's school really should not be exposed to the public eye. The Big Via boys' school just built a swimming pool and football field last year, but the miners' children's school already has a comprehensive sports hall and an outdoor open-air sports field.

Compared with the Big Via Boys School, the library of the School for Miners’ Children is astonishingly large. For the same popular book, there may be only ten books in Big Via Boys’ School, but there may be fifty books in the School for Miners’ Children. It is also a reading room , the reading room of Bigwig Boys School can only accommodate 100 people, while the reading room of School for Miners’ Children can accommodate 600 people to read at the same time. It is an advantage that Bigwig Public School does not have.

While talking, Rock and Phyllis came to the dormitory prepared for the students. The dormitory of Bigwig Public School still has six to eight people, but the school for miners' children is a standard four-person room. In order to order these beds and tables The school for the children of miners spent nearly [-] pounds, and the owner of the woodwork factory in Oak Town got rich. Now the permanent population of Oak Town is about the same as that of Bigwei Town.

"Lock, are you prejudiced against white people?" Phyllis finally asked this question.

"Yeah, I'm really prejudiced against white people, so I decided to pick a white person to marry back home, and then take care of her slowly!" Rock took the initiative to bring the topic to the ditch, this topic can't be discussed, if you don't pay attention, it is racial discrimination .

Discriminating against white people in a world of white supremacy?

Rock really dare not!

Note that it is not dare, not no.

As a Chinese, Roque has every reason to discriminate against whites. Of course, these words cannot be said, and if Roque is said, he will become a public enemy of the whole people.

"What nonsense again, you know that's not what I meant." Phyllis was still struggling. Many of Rock's behaviors were indeed discriminatory against white people intentionally or unintentionally.

"Then you should also know that what I dislike is not white people, but those who are self-deprecating, do not think about making progress, try to get something for nothing, and base their happiness on the pain of others, whether it is white, Chinese, or African. , It has nothing to do with skin color." Roque himself is a victim of racial discrimination, so of course he should take a clear-cut stand against racism.

"That's right, you don't know, I'm really worried, worried that one day your relationship with your father, Henry, and Owen will deteriorate, just like the relationship between Transvaal and Orange now." Phyllis also It's not that I'm ignorant, it's just that my attitude towards the problem is a bit naive.

What really worries Phyllis is that if Roque continues like this, sooner or later, the Chinese headed by Roque will conflict with the white people in Johannesburg in terms of fundamental interests. place.

"Don't worry, Phyllis, I will never become enemies with Henry and Owen. If you look closer, our common enemies are the Boers and Africans. If you look farther, our common enemies are European countries, even Including the British government." Rock did not hide, there were some things that Rock actually needed Phyllis to help convey to Philip and Henry.

"Why?" Phyllis was obviously shocked by the answer.

"Benefits!" Rock was categorical, even the relationship between Rock and Henry and Owen, because the interests may also deteriorate, not to mention the Transvaal and Orange, southern African and European countries, may trigger There are many places of conflict.

"Okay, this is not something you have to worry about. As long as Henry, Owen and I are here, you will never have to face these problems." Rock is confident that if he can't protect his family, then Rock will travel to this place. Time has lost its meaning.

On March [-]st, the Chinese students of Bigwig Public School began to transfer to the school for the children of miners.

For this reason, Sophia and Tony took the initiative to approach Rock, expressing their unequivocal attitude that they opposed taking Chinese students away from Bigwei Public School.

"What should we do if we don't separate? You also know that the number of places in Bigwig is getting tighter and tighter. A place in Cape Town has been speculated to be more than 80.00 pounds. At this price, you can go back to Eton College in the mainland. Now Biggwei [-]% of the students in the public school are of Chinese descent, and if things go on like this, there will definitely be people who will raise their opinions, so we must resolve the hidden dangers before the contradictions are exposed, and rest assured that although the students are separated, the investment in Bigwei Public School will not decrease.” Rock There are very good reasons for giving Sophia and Tony a reassurance, and Sophia and Tony have nothing to say.

In fact, the key is devotion. If Sophia and Tony really want to say how much they care about Chinese students, it may not be necessary. The main reason is that Rock will shift his focus to miners’ children’s schools instead of Bigwei Public School because of the decrease in Chinese students.

This is the crux of the matter, as Rock said, the core of everything is interests.

　Sorry, it's a bit late, I temporarily modified it——

　　

　

(End of this chapter)