Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 468

The environment in the colony is much crueler than the environment in the native land. The big shots who can make their way in the colony are all sinister, cunning, and ruthless.

In London, no matter how much the aristocrats do, they will still have reservations after all, and they will not have a bottom line. The colonies are unscrupulous. Many so-called "heroes" in the colonies have to go to court and be tried in the mainland. It's a matter of course in the colonies.

After knowing the cause of Henry Alsop's death, William's first suspicion was Rock.

Although William had no evidence to prove that Henry Alsop was a homicide, and even the conclusion given by the police station was that he fell into the water by mistake, but William intuitively felt that this matter was not so simple. I feel scared from the bottom of my heart, if it is really an accident, it's okay, if not?

William didn't want to die without knowing why. No matter how attractive Mrs. Capet was, no matter how valuable the Rand Bank was, it was still nothing compared to the value of life.

So William immediately stopped harassing Ada.

This is exactly what Rock wants. Rock's time is precious, and he is not in the mood to play their so-called "games" with William and Henry Alsop. Even if he wants to play a game, he must follow Rock's rules. , It is impossible to play the game where the winner takes all and the loser exits decently. Roque wants William and the noble children who grew up in the greenhouse to understand that in Roque's world, losing means losing everything. , including life, if there are still people who want to play like this, then Rock welcomes it.

However, Rock didn't have time to talk to William. Ade finally ended his term and returned to London. Rock rushed to the Claridge Hotel where Ade was staying at the first time.

The Claridge Hotel is the top hotel in London, but in Roque's opinion, this top-notch hotel must not be worthy of the name. Although Adelaide has ended his career as a governor, he still enjoys the treatment level of a governor. Roque still needs to make an appointment if he wants to see Adelaide. of.

"My lord, the Governor has already told you that you can go up directly after you come." Sidney Milner, Ade's personal secretary, was very enthusiastic about Roque.

Sidney Milner is Adelaide's nephew, about the same age as Rock, and he was brought up by Adelaide's side a long time ago. Before Adelaide resigned as governor, he wanted to keep Sidney Milner in Transse Watts worked, but was rejected by Sidney Milner.

The saying that people take tea to cool down is also applicable in the UK. When Adelaide was the governor, there was a long queue at the gate of the official residence at any time, and there was an endless stream of officials and wealthy businessmen who hoped to meet Adelaide.

Now that Ade resigns from office and returns to London, the crowd will be empty immediately, which is really embarrassing.

In fact, it’s quite normal. Adler has been working in the colonies since 1889, first in Egypt and then in Cape. In the past ten years, Adler has rarely returned to his homeland, so Ader doesn’t have many friends in London, but Adelaide De doesn't care, but is very satisfied with the current situation. In Ade's words, he is only now beginning to really enjoy his life.

"You're just 50 years old this year, it's too early to retire and enjoy your life—" Rock definitely didn't want to see Ade retire, racking his brains to persuade Ade to make a comeback.

"I also want to enjoy life, of course not now. I mean, I can really take charge of my life now and do what I want to do. Next, I plan to organize my diaries and materials over the years , writing a book on nation and empire, I also want to run for parliament, I tried to do this 20 years ago, but unfortunately I didn’t succeed, now I think it’s all right.” Ade still has arrangements for his life, He didn't retire directly as Roque imagined.

Around 1885 Arder ran for a seat in the House of Commons as a Liberal candidate.

But it was a pity that it was unsuccessful. Afterwards, Ade became the personal secretary of the Minister of Finance Goshen and started his official career.

Now it would be very easy for Adelaide to enter the Parliament again. The House of Lords of the British Parliament is the inherent territory of the nobility. Adelaide is now a Viscount and can directly enter the House of Lords to become a member.

However, the parliament may not be as beautiful as Adelaide imagined. It is estimated that Adelaide may not be used to the working method of the parliament. As the governor of the colony, Adelaide can settle almost everything in the colony with one word, but in the parliament, even a little big Everything has to be voted on collectively at a meeting, and the problem may not be solved once, so this method is probably unacceptable to Adelaide.

"Well, if you write the book, my lord, you can give it to me, and I will publish it for you." Rock is willing to help. Ade has rich experience in colonial work, and there are probably a lot of dry goods in the book he wrote. Will be called a big water fish.

"It's just publishing a book. I still have some savings." Ade doesn't need Rock's help. Although Ade is out of tea now, if Ade is willing to publish a book, it is estimated that publishers in London will line up to come to the door.

The information in this era is very closed. The way many people understand the world is the autobiography of various celebrities. Even Cecil Rhodes can publish a book. More people should be willing to write a book written by Ade. Look.

Cecil Rhodes wrote an autobiographical novel, and the signed author is Cecil Rhodes himself. Although Roque has not read it, Roque estimates that [-]% of it should be written by the gunman. Cecil Rode Des has lived in the conspiracy of colonial expansion all his life and has no time to write a biography. What he does is much more meaningful than writing a biography.

"My lord, you will soon find out that in London, your little savings are not worth mentioning. Let's go, I will take you to a place." Rock didn't want to see Ade living in a hotel, and Ade, both big and small, should For a Colonial Governor who has been around for so long, it's really indecent to live in a hotel.

London is a gold mine, and staying in a hotel is not cheap, and the cost is higher than renting a house. Rock certainly can't bear to watch Ade rent a house. It can be said that without Ade, there would be no Rock, Luo Ke is willing to provide Ader with a more stable and rich life.

Although Ade didn't know what to do, he went to King's Road in Chelsea with Rock.

When he saw the brand-new house with the badge of Lord Halewood painted on the door, Ade's expression was obviously a bit complicated.

The house that Roque chose for Ade is undoubtedly a mansion, worthy of Ade's status as a viscount. Such a mansion is worth a lot in London. Ade knows that Roque is rich, but being rich is one thing, Willingness to share wealth is another matter.

"Lord, don't refuse, you can't live in the hotel all the time, Sidney, you have a new job now, you may have to hire some suitable servants later." Rock tried to put his tone lightly.

Sidney Milner was also obviously shocked by Rock's generosity. After Ade resigned as governor, he dismissed almost all the servants around him. Only an old butler and two servants returned to London with Ade. Such a big house , Only two servants are definitely not enough, cleaning will exhaust them to death.

There are special intermediary companies in London. It is very easy to find a servant. A maid only needs 5000 to [-] pounds a year on the premise of including board and lodging. This money can still be spent by Ade, although Ade resigned The governor, but Ade still enjoys the treatment of the governor, and his annual salary is about [-] pounds.

It seems that this amount of money is quite a lot, but in fact there is not much left in London after a year. The annual rent of this house similar to that given to Ade by Roque is about 1500 pounds, which ordinary nobles cannot afford to rent. It is used as the embassies and consulates of various countries in London, and people eat horses, the burden on the viscount is also very heavy.

Rock was so thoughtful, the carriages were all ready for Ade, the house had been redecorated, the furniture and furnishings were brand new, Ade could move in directly.

"Thank you Locke, I believe it now, you have indeed made a lot of money in the past few years." Ade did not refuse, and even teased Rock casually.

Like knowledge, money is something that is only "hated" when it is used. Ade is busy with work in the Transvaal and has no mood to collect money at all.

He doesn't need it either, he doesn't even have a child, even if he collects money, who can leave it to in the future, it will be cheaper to the British government or a church charity organization in the end.

Sitting in the spacious and bright living room, Ade had to admit that it feels good to be rich.

"The study is upstairs. I have prepared some special gifts for you. I hope you will like them." Rock also had an unexpected surprise.

Ade's expression was a little unhappy, probably because he was worried that Rock would send something inappropriate.

Apparently Ade was worrying too much, what Rock sent was actually a study room full of various books, which made Ade ecstatic.

It doesn’t matter how much money you have, the key is that this kindness is hard to come by. Books these days are not as ubiquitous as in the 21st century. Many books are published in very small quantities, and sometimes you can’t even buy them. After all these years, Ade The collection of books is only a few hundred, which is incomparable to the scale in front of me.

There are at least thousands of books in the study room, which is enough to open a library on this scale.

"Thank you Locke, this gift of yours is the best gift in the world." Adelaide was finally satisfied, and Rocke's current performance was not in vain for Adelaide's promotion and care of Rocke.

"This is definitely not the best. I hope that the best gift is that when you return to the Transvaal in the future, you can see a new, more developed, richer and better Transvaal." Luo Ke hasn't given up yet, I believe Ade will also be worried.

The Transvaal and Orange were established by Ade, not to mention Orange, the Transvaal is Ade's painstaking effort. Rock believes that even if Ade will not return to southern Africa in his life, He should also have special affection for the Transvaal.

"Lock, give me some time, I need time to sort out my life." Ade finally let go, although he has not directly agreed, but this level is enough.

(End of this chapter)