Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 457 Local Tyrant

The Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, established in 1802, mainly trains junior officers and staff officers of the army. Rock is already a senior officer, but it does not meet the positioning of the Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, so Rock just went to plate a Jin, then came back to continue as his general.

Under normal circumstances, the Sandhurst Royal Military Academy has a total of 28 weeks of courses, which are divided into two semesters. Rock does not need to be so troublesome. The short-term training courses are for colonial officers, and there are only 12 weeks in total, but it will take seven School doesn't start until September, so Rock will definitely not be able to see Ade off in time.

It doesn't matter, Rock should go to the British mainland before Adelaide, just to be able to make a stand for Adelaide.

Knowing that Roque was going to London, Phyllis was not sad at all, and happily followed Roque home.

Rock doesn't need to live on campus for this study, so Phyllis made up her mind to go to London with Rock, and Gavin also went with her, which made Rock quite worried. The smog in London is no joke. A lot of people will die in winter, thousands of people die every year. Rock is very worried that Gavin will not be able to adapt to life in London.

Phyllis is not worried. The most serious smog in London is winter, and the smog in summer is not serious. Rock’s training class will end before winter arrives. We went back to Johannesburg together and it will not be affected.

Well, Rock didn’t insist this time, it’s rare that Phyllis was so happy, and they went together. In fact, even in winter, the people who are most affected by the smog are civilians, and dignitaries are rarely affected, because they all went Country house.

Rock's study is a substitute study, and there is no change in the new First Cavalry Division. Because of Rock's general status, Rock can take a guard to London, so counting, there are quite a few people who followed Rock to London.

Zach, Anna, and Bella will definitely go with them, as will ten or twenty servants from the Baron's Mansion, plus a platoon of guards. The total number of people is about seven to eighty.

Christian will also go to London after knowing it. His main job is to spend money. Rock has no property in London. This time he will stay in London for a few months. He can’t live in a hotel all the time, so Christian has to go to London in advance. To prepare, buying a house is a must.

Rock has other plans, and Ade doesn't have real estate in London. This time, he will live in London. The housing prices in London are relatively expensive. Ade probably can't afford a good house, so Rock wants to give it to Ade De a house that can be worthy of Ade's status, it can be regarded as doing his best.

Ade is a Viscount. If the house is too small and too dilapidated, people will laugh at him, so a big house is essential, and there is also a manor in the country. It is impossible for Ade to stay in London in winter to fight against the smog. It's just too cruel.

On June 15st, Rock boarded the ship from Cape Town. On June NO.[-], Rock arrived in London and started his military school life.

It hasn't started yet, and military school life will wait until July, so Rock still has time to appreciate the scenery of London.

In fact, there is nothing to appreciate. The Sandhurst Royal Military Academy is not in London, but in Sandhurst, more than 40 kilometers west of London. This makes Rock feel relieved. At least Phyllis and Guy Wen does not need to be harmed by smog.

What Rock didn't expect was that besides Christian, who had arrived in London ahead of schedule, there were Winston and Neville Chamberlain on the pier.

Rock and Winston hadn't seen each other for more than five years, and they had just separated from Neville Chamberlain not long ago, but Rock and Winston had been communicating and telegraphing during this period, and they were no strangers.

To Rock's surprise, Winston had changed so much after only five years of absence that Rock couldn't believe it.

In 1899, Winston was still a high-spirited young man. At that time, Winston's body had not yet gained weight, and his hair volume was quite lush. Even from Rock's eyes, Winston at that time could be called It's handsome.

In 1905, Winston's body was seriously fattened, the fat on his face and bags under the eyes were obvious, his hair loss was serious, and he had a tendency to develop towards the Mediterranean. It is hard to imagine what Winston has experienced in the past few years. It looks like More than ten years old.

"Lock, long time no see." Winston remained enthusiastic about Rock.

"Ha, Mr. Reporter, I'm so glad to meet you—" Rock knew that Winston was not doing well, but it was a pity that Rock couldn't help.

After returning to the British mainland, relying on his experience in Johannesburg, Winston became famous and was successfully elected as a Member of Parliament as a Conservative Party. At that time, Winston was only 26 years old, and he was very energetic.

However, as a member of the Conservative Party, Winston could not be consistent with the Conservative Party. During his tenure as a member of Parliament, Winston criticized many policies of the Conservative Party government, criticized the government's mistakes in the Anglo-Boer War, and insisted on opposing the government military expansion plan.

After successfully blocking the government's military expansion proposal passed by the House of Commons, Winston went to the opposite side of the government on trade issues. He publicly expressed his opposition to the trade barrier policy of Conservative Party leader Joseph Chamberlain and insisted on maintaining the principle of free trade. Stone and the Conservative Party have completely broken.

Winston started calling himself an "independent Conservative" last year.

In January this year, Winston was disqualified from membership by the Conservative Party.

A month ago, Winston sat in the opposition seat.

"Welcome to the center of the world!" Neville was also enthusiastic towards Rock, but he was very cold towards Winston, and there was no eye contact between the two.

Joseph Chamberlain is the father of Neville Chamberlain. Winston has frequently opposed Joseph Chamberlain in Congress, and Neville will definitely not give Winston a good face.

"Thank you, Neville. How is Mr. Minister?" Rock and Joseph Chamberlain also knew each other. Although they hadn't had much contact with each other, Rock still asked politely.

"Thank you, everything is fine." Neville thanked politely.

There were a lot of people who followed Rock to the mainland, and the guards didn't wear military uniforms, they were all in black suits. Dozens of big men started busy unloading after they landed. The kitchen utensils were shipped from Johannesburg, and there were nearly a hundred boxes including daily necessities and clothes, which filled six carriages.

All the carriages were prepared by Christian in advance. Except for the four long-term leased carriages, the rest of the carriages are for short-term leases. These carriages are not cheap. , the annual income of a middle-class family is so much.

In order to welcome Rock, Winston prepared a welcome dinner for Rock, but three days later, Rock drifted at sea for half a month and had to rest for a few days.

Neville would definitely not attend Winston's dinner party, and he took the initiative to leave after exchanging greetings with Roque. Roque will stay in Sandhurst for the past few months, and Neville has plenty of time to communicate with Roque.

What Rock didn't expect was that Winston was also a graduate of Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, and unlike "transfer students" like Rock, Winston was an official student of Sandhurst Royal Military Academy. , received a complete one and a half years of education, so counting, Winston is actually Rock's senior.

So Winston offered to send Rock to Sandhurst.

Sandhurst is a small town with an area about the same as Bigwig Town, but the urban construction is also different from Bigwig Town. Urban construction in this era basically has no planning at all. Not to mention that Rock is very disappointed, even Phyllis was very disappointed.

"How could this be? My impression of the mainland is not like this—" Phyllis's eyes were full of disappointment. Her memory of the British mainland was still a few years ago, and it is probably already blurred now.

Whether in Nyasaland or Johannesburg, almost all towns are newly built, so the buildings are brand new.

Compared with Johannesburg, the only thing that left a deep impression on Rock in Sandhurst is the ancient trees that can be seen everywhere. Many of the trees are estimated to be over a hundred years old. This made Rock very envious.

In fact, Johannesburg and Bigwig Town are not bad, because of Rock’s insistence, Johannesburg and Bigwig Town are now full of Bigglow trees. It has become a sea of ​​bignoniaceae, which is different from Sandhurst.

"Compared with Johannesburg, Sandhurst may indeed be a bit dilapidated, but this just represents the heritage of Sandhurst, which is not comparable to the rebuilding city of Johannesburg." Winston is more proud , appearing to be more Conservative than Conservative.

"There is nothing to be proud of. Maybe Sandhurst was like this 100 years ago. This means that Sandhurst has made no progress in the past 100 years." Rock despises Winston's stagnation. After "Never Fall into the Empire", Britain began to become a stumbling block to the progress of the world. Just like the current British royal family, it can only passively respond to the changes of the times.

"Locke, your attitude is wrong. For the current British Empire, it is good enough to maintain the status quo." Winston really does not want to make progress. Britain is already the world's number one, and there is no way to make progress.

The house Christian bought for Rock was not in the town of Sandhurst, but a manor outside the town of Sandhurst. Although Sandhurst is only more than 40 kilometers away from London, it feels like it is already The countryside, at most, is the junction of urban and rural areas, without the slightest urban atmosphere, which makes Rock very satisfied.

"It used to belong to Earl Hercules. The area of ​​the manor is 650 acres, with a total of 150 rooms. There are gardens, horse farms, swimming pools, sunrooms and other leisure facilities in the manor. Earl Hercules originally didn't want to sell it. I used a financial Earl Hercules agreed to transfer the house in the city." Christian spent a lot of thought on this manor.

The manor may not be worth much, but the houses in the City of London are very valuable. No wonder Winston couldn't help scolding the local tyrants.

(End of this chapter)