Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 479

In the 21st century, many people believe that the earth is flat. Needless to say in 1905, even scientists today may not understand the objective world as well as high school students in the 21st century.

So Henry believed that it was normal for the air in India to be full of viruses. During the First World War, the Allied Powers and the Allied Powers described each other as man-eating demons in their propaganda, and some people still believed it.

For India, Rock must know better than Henry. Let alone whether there are viruses in the air, the water and food are definitely not clean, so if the new [-]st Cavalry Division goes to India, I am afraid that they will have to bring a chef with them, and they must also strengthen food hygiene. Safety awareness, otherwise the loss of the new First Cavalry Division due to disease is estimated to be much more than that caused by the war.

Although Earl Selborne meant that even if the new First Cavalry Division went to India, it would be next year, but Rock had to make preparations now to avoid being caught off guard.

After returning to Johannesburg, Rock went to Harry Spencer and asked about the specific situation in India.

After knowing that Rock was going to India, Harry Spencer was very surprised, but Harry Spencer performed better than Henry, at least he didn't gloat.

However, the situation provided by Harry Spencer seems to be even worse: "Lord Fawalt is actually right. India really has viruses in the air. You will know it when you arrive in India. It is not clear what is in the air in that place. What kind of smell, the public toilets in Johannesburg have the worst sanitation, and the air is a hundred times cleaner than in India—"

"If you go to India, then you'd better not drink water and eat anything. The water and food in that place are poisonous. There are corpses everywhere in the Ganges, and then the Indians just drink the water in the Ganges. They also like to put All the food was made into a muddy mess, and it was placed on the dinner plate like a pile of—uh—” Harry Spencer couldn't say it himself, and he had already cast a shadow on India.

"It sounds terrible!" Rock couldn't comment. This is one of the four ancient civilizations, and it is an insult to the word "civilization".

"Indians are all strong, so no matter what they eat, they are fine, but we are not. There are two types of troops stationed in India, one is a regular army composed entirely of whites, and the other is a regular army composed of Indians, Gurkhas, etc. Every day, people in the regular army cause viruses by accidentally eating food and water from unknown sources, and many people even die because of this, so if you want me to give you advice, then my advice is not to go. "Harry The suggestion given by Spencer is not very reliable, it is not up to Rock to decide whether to go or not.

"Well, thank you very much—" Although Harry Spencer didn't give Rock any useful advice, Rock was still grateful for Harry Spencer's reminder.

"Don't thank me, I can't help you with this matter - and if you go to India, no matter what, don't leave it to the Indians, and don't expect Indian officials and the army to provide you with What help, they will only hinder." Harry Spencer's last advice to Rock is the most important.

Back in Bigwig Town, Rock went to Abu, hoping that Abu could develop a specific medicine against malaria as soon as possible.

"The medicine has been available for a long time. Although we haven't figured out why Artemisia annua can treat malaria, this does not prevent us from using Artemisia annua to make medicine. Now the pharmaceutical factory can provide the medicine for treating malaria, and the effect is not bad. It is better than golden rooster. Nashuang is much stronger, at least there are not so many sequelae.” Abu’s efficiency is still very good, and the research on Baiyao has brought Abu a lot of income, which has greatly stimulated Abu’s enthusiasm for drug research. The research progress of artemisia and penicillin is very fast, and biological laboratories have already begun to try to extract penicillin. Once successful, this will be a huge gold mine.

"Very good, speed up the research on artemisinin and penicillin, tell your researchers, and I will give them bonuses." Rock was very generous, he ate meat himself, and his staff at least had to drink some broth.

In fact, Abu is also good to his subordinates. After receiving the dividend, Abu has already distributed a bonus to the researchers of the research institute, and the bonus amount accounts for about half of Abu's personal dividend.

After returning home, Rock didn't mention to Phyllis about going to India. Rock didn't know how long it would take to go to India, maybe a few months, maybe a year or two. Considering the health conditions in India, Rock is not going to let Phyllis and Gavin go to India with him. Phyllis is better, but Gavin is really too young. If something happens in India, Rock has nowhere to cry.

Phyllis has been in a complicated mood during this period. Ada is also in Bigwig Town, and she brings Arthur to find Gavin every day. Every time Gavin sees Arthur, he is very happy, and the two brothers have a great time playing. , the two mothers are very relaxed.

Seeing Gavin so happy, Phyllis was both happy and worried. She was happy that Gavin had a playmate and could grow up healthily; she was worried because she saw Ada going in and out of the baron's mansion so recklessly. I was in a panic.

But there is no reason to refuse. Ada's deliberate flattery is not something ordinary people can refuse. Phyllis was surprised to find that her views on many issues were almost the same as Ada's. In other words, the three views of the two were a match made in heaven. Well, Ida is a few years older than Phyllis, and has more mature views on many issues than Phyllis. I am afraid Phyllis has not noticed that she is now liking Ada more and more.

Phyllis' mother died when Phyllis was very young, and then Philip never remarried. Phyllis has two older brothers, so Phyllis was actually missing the role of mother when she was growing up. The appearance of Ada made up for the lack of this role around Phyllis to a certain extent.

So when Ida brought Gavin to find Arthur, it was awkward for Rock to be there, but Phyllis and Ida got along very happily when Rock wasn't there.

Ada is indeed very smart. Every time she comes here, she will bring some small gifts to Phyllis. Sometimes it is biscuits baked by herself, sometimes it is the latest jewelry from Itnor, and sometimes it is clothes for Gavin.

"Look at this, this is the standard costume of the Qing Dynasty. It is said that the hat can only be worn by the king of the Qing Dynasty—" Ada proudly introduced to Phyllis. In order to get the style of the hat, Ada put a lot of thought into it.

"Really? It's so ugly!" Phyllis was a little surprised. The king's hat was not very good-looking, and it was different from the crown Phyllis had imagined.

If Roque sees it, I think Roque will be able to laugh his teeth out. The ones in the Qing Dynasty are called emperors, and the monarchs of European countries are called kings, and the ones worn by Qing emperors are called "chaoguan". The one Ada got is an official of the Qing Dynasty. Wearing the top of the head and wearing the flower feathers are two different things.

"It doesn't matter whether it's ugly or not. It's mainly about the symbolic meaning. You don't know what the hat worn by the king symbolizes." If Ada had horns on her head and a tail behind her, she must be a little devil.

No, according to Western tradition, people like Ada should be banshees.

"I don't want Gavin to be king in the future." Phyllis resolutely refused. Ada was still a bit utilitarian, which was the biggest difference between Ida and Phyllis.

"In Nyasaland, Gavin is the king." Ada was right. As long as Gavin grows up, he will definitely become the king of Nyasaland in the future.

"I just want Gavin to grow up healthy and safe. It doesn't matter if he becomes a king or not." Phyllis is not as utilitarian as Ada. Looking at Arthur and Ida who are happily playing with toys together, Phyllis said casually : "If you want to, let Arthur inherit Locke's title in the future—"

The words were a bit casual, and even Phyllis herself was surprised when the words came out of her mouth.

Ada's performance was even more surprising, and her eyes immediately turned red.

However, I was able to stabilize my emotions, and then Ida smiled: "Impossible, the future Baron Nyasaland will definitely be Gavin, and I want to train Arthur to be the most successful businessman in the world and become Gavin's best businessman." assistant."

This can be regarded as an expression of her heart, Phyllis had mixed feelings in her heart, and she couldn't even speak for a while.

When Rock came home at night, he saw that Gavin was wearing a plume on his head and a dragon robe that could only be worn by an emperor.

"Where did you get this thing?" Rock was still surprised. In his two lifetimes, this was the first time Rock had seen a real dragon robe.

"Ida sent it, do you think it's suitable?" Phyllis was very relaxed when she mentioned Ada, and Roque was very surprised. He didn't know that the relationship between Phyllis and Ada was so good. superior.

"It's wrong, the emperor's clothes, the official's hat, it's nondescript." Except for the Chinese, Rock didn't like everything in the Qing Dynasty.

"Don't you like it?" Phyllis was immediately sensitive to Roque's rejection.

"I'll find you some real Chinese traditional clothes some other day. Forget about these clothes. The rulers of the Qing Dynasty were not Chinese, and this set of clothes can't represent the Chinese." Rock knew Ada's purpose, but the starting point was wrong. , the harder you work, the more you go astray.

"It's okay, I think it looks pretty." Phyllis didn't understand the relationship between the Chinese and the Qing Dynasty, just like Roque didn't understand why there are so many small countries in Europe and why they haven't been unified after so many years.

In Roque's view, it is unbelievable that there are so many small countries in Europe. For example, countries like Belgium and Switzerland are pitifully weak, but they have been passed down to the present. If they were in the East, they would have been annexed by a big country long ago. up.

This actually fully explains a truth, the Chinese are actually the most aggressive nation in the world, that’s why the huge empires appeared in the East. If the Chinese were the same as the whites, it is estimated that the Qing Dynasty is still the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)