Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 474

Rock really didn't know that Ada and Arthur were also on this cruise.

In fact, it is not a surprise. The cruise from London to Cape Town only takes three days, and it is normal to take the same cruise.

I'm afraid Phyllis won't believe it's a coincidence.

In fact, Phyllis has already discovered the problem. Black-haired children in the UK are still quite rare. Arthur's photo once appeared in the newspaper. Phyllis knew of Arthur's existence. When the two sides connected, Phyllis immediately became suspicious. .

Only then did Phyllis realize that Ada was standing helplessly at the door of the restaurant, with Charles de Gaulle behind him still holding a plate of fruit and ice cream.

"Look at what you've done—" Phyllis had a polite smile on her face, but her words squeezed out of her teeth in a sinister manner.

Fortunately, Phyllis is far away from Roque, otherwise Roque's arm will suffer again.

"I'm sorry Mrs. Nyasaland, I didn't notice—" Ada came over and gave Arthur a hard look before apologizing to Phyllis.

Arthur grinned and said nothing, and Gavin sat in the baby chair and giggled. He must be very happy at the moment, and finally tasted the taste of apples.

Rock was in a more uncomfortable mood. When Ada came over, she didn't even look at Rock. Although Rock could understand, she still felt uncomfortable.

"Come here Arthur, I will go back to my room and stand for two hours later." Ada came to take Arthur away.

Arthur was still holding Gavin's hand, unwilling to separate no matter what.

After all, Phyllis was still soft-hearted, and raised her hand to pull away the chair beside her: "Sit down for a while—"

Ada was overjoyed, Rock couldn't believe it, Arthur had sat down obediently, and only Gavin was clapping his hands and laughing.

"I'm sorry, Phyllis, I didn't mean to disturb you." Ada is very smart at the moment. Don't look at being arrogant in front of Roque in private, but when she sees Phyllis, she is cautious like a concubine .

"Is his name Arthur?" Phyllis didn't answer, but looked at Arthur carefully, trying to find the part that overlapped with Gavin from Arthur's appearance.

In fact, the degree of overlap is quite high. Both children have black hair, which is the most obvious feature. Generally, white children have obvious freckles on their faces. Arthur and Gavin have almost no freckles on their faces. The face shape of this little guy is also very similar to Rock, and those who don't know must think that they are brothers.

Like Andrew Harold.

Andrew Harold didn't know the past of Rock, Ada, and Phyllis. Of course, Andrew Harold was not stupid. Seeing the situation in front of him, Andrew Harold was very wise not to speak.

Rock let out a long sigh, and went to the restaurant for dinner with Andrew Harold, and Phyllis and Ada could do whatever they wanted.

At night, Rock fell asleep in the study as he wished.

When Rock went to the restaurant the next day, he found that Phyllis and Ada had actually brought Arthur and Gavin to eat together, and the two women had a lively chat.

Rock didn't even show his face, and asked Zach to send the breakfast to the study.

In the evening, Rock habitually prepared to go to the study, but was stopped by Phyllis.

"Where do I sleep today?" Rock didn't understand what Phyllis meant.

"Where else can I sleep? Go to your banker?" Phyllis immediately turned into a tigress.

That's right, Rock is still young now, sleeping in the study for a long time will inevitably cause endocrine disorders.

The space on the ship is relatively closed, and Ida also lives in the first class, on the same floor as Rock and Phyllis. If Phyllis doesn't pay attention, it will really be cheaper for Ada.

"How is it possible—" Rock was really short of breath and didn't dare to argue at all.

Then at night, the battle became fierce. In Phyllis's words, it was to squeeze Roque dry so that Roque would not go out and eat.

It turned out that Phyllis didn't make it.

"Am I going too far?" It seems that the harmony of yin and yang can mediate emotions, and Phyllis is very gentle at this time.

"How come, you have done a very good job, I am very grateful." Roque has infinite love for Phyllis, and it is really not easy for a woman to do this.

But if you think about it carefully, there is no such thing as "women's rights" in this era. High-ranking officials in the Qing Dynasty can marry concubines even if they marry regular wives. The situation in Africa is even worse. someone here.

Even the people around Phyllis, there are many examples, such as Owen, as far as Phyllis knows, Owen has many confidante in London, and Lacey doesn't care about Henry, as long as Henry remembers to go home at night .

In this way, Rock has only two women, Phyllis and Ada, and he is already clean.

After another day, Rock was finally able to sit at the same table with Phyllis and Ada.

"Now is the time when the price of oriental cultural relics is the lowest. I bought nearly a thousand pieces of cultural relics during my stay in London. It is said that they all flowed from the imperial palace or royal garden of the Qing Dynasty. After returning to Johannesburg, I plan to open a shop about The museum of cultural relics of the Qing Dynasty, these gemstones came from the Qing Dynasty, they called this kind of gemstone 'Jadeite', it is said that the Queen Mother of the Qing Dynasty liked it very much—" Ada had more than a dozen pieces of jadeite in different colors on hand, Every piece is superb.

"This piece of emerald is so beautiful—" Phyllis picked up a blue water bracelet casually, and held it up to look at the sun. It was indeed very beautiful, flawless and crystal clear.

In terms of accessories, there is still a big difference between the East and the West. For example, bracelets in the East are rare in the West.

This is related to the type of gemstones. Red sapphires and diamonds popular in the West are rarely as big as jadeite and jade. Gemstones the size of pigeon eggs are already the best. They cannot be made into bracelets at all, they can only be inlaid on jewelry. Various necklaces, earrings, or rings.

Ada was obviously influenced by Rock, and she wore an emerald bracelet on her wrist.

"Jade is a kind of jade. According to traditional Chinese medicine, jade has the functions of removing heat, relieving irritability, nourishing the heart and lungs, helping the voice and throat, nourishing the hair, nourishing the five internal organs, calming the soul, dredging the blood, and clearing the eyes and ears—" Rock This passage was spoken in Chinese, and Roque couldn't translate it even if he asked him to translate it.

"and many more--"

"what are you saying?"

Phyllis and Ada immediately objected. They both know some Chinese now, but they are not yet able to understand these technical terms.

"It's said in "Compendium of Materia Medica"—" Rock was about to explain, but Arthur interjected: "Li Shizhen!"

Rock was so happy that he wanted to hug Arthur and kiss him. In front of Phyllis, Rock should not be so obvious.

Phyllis looked at Arthur who was already able to take care of Gavin, and then at Gavin who was grinning and giggling, she really couldn't get angry even if she wanted to.

This kind of thing, you can't blame Rock for being partial!

"Compendium of Materia Medica, are those grass roots and bark?" Ada was still curious, but she didn't expect this to prove that Arthur knew that Li Shizhen and "Compendium of Materia Medica" were definitely taught by Rock.

Rock has forgotten when he mentioned "Compendium of Materia Medica" and Li Shizhen to Arthur. For the traditional Chinese culture, Rock has always spared no effort to promote: "Those grass roots and bark are very useful. More than 2000 years ago, the Chinese have been from Use local materials to fight diseases. In Europe, until 200 years ago, doctors used bloodletting as the main method of treatment. So I planted [-] acres of medicinal materials in Johannesburg. The medical school is also conducting research on Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine is still very promising. , whoever wants to do it, just tell me."

It's not that Rock doesn't pay attention, but that he doesn't have time to pay attention to specific work. In many cases, Rock can only build a general framework, and then let time ferment. As time goes by, Chinese medicine will naturally grow slowly.

Both Ada and Phyllis knew that Roque attached great importance to Chinese medicine. Hearing Roque's words, the two quickly exchanged glances, and then they had a tacit understanding and didn't speak.

"It's better to buy antiques. I have asked Charles to advertise in the newspaper. Not only do we collect antiques from the UK, but there are also many in France and Germany." Rock is really distressed, but he has no ability to change the reality. Now he can only do his best to make up for it.

When the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, Rock was still suppressing the Boer guerrillas, and he had no ability to affect the distant Qing Dynasty.

According to the statistics of UNESCO, about 160 million national treasure-level precious cultural relics have been lost overseas and collected by more than 200 museums around the world. It is estimated that there are as many as 10 million cultural relics overseas.

Among them, Britain and France looted the most cultural relics. When Britain and France looted the Old Summer Palace, there were no less than 150 million cultural relics in the Old Summer Palace.

As for the invasion of China by the Eight-Power Allied Forces, it sounds quite lively. In fact, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy all joined in the fun. Italy sent a total of 85 people, Austria-Hungary less than 400, and Germany less than 1000, so the cultural relics stolen It is still limited, and the bulk is still in Britain, France, Russia and Japan.

Russia and Japan are easy to handle. These two countries are debtor countries of the Rand Bank. It is estimated that they will not apply for loans in a short time. By the end of World War I, the Russian Empire would cease to exist, and the Rand Bank would have nothing to do with it even if it wanted it.

So next Roque will inform Constantine that if the Russian Empire cannot pay back the money, it can use the cultural relics looted from the Qing Dynasty to pay off the debt.

Konstantin is now based in Johannesburg and is the Consul of the Russian Empire in Johannesburg.

There are also Russians in Johannesburg, and it is normal for the Russian Empire to have a consulate in Johannesburg.

Interestingly, the original intention of setting up the consulate must be to serve the Russians in Johannesburg and protect the interests of the Russians, but the Russians in Johannesburg fled to the Jews in Johannesburg because they were persecuted in Russia, and Constantine would protect them. them?

Stop being funny.

(End of this chapter)