Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 502 Absurd

Throughout Dhaka, in addition to the newly formed First Cavalry Division, there are four battalions of garrisons, two of which are all composed of Indians, one is a mixture of Indians and Gurkhas, and the other is Mars Howard He led the newly rebuilt 35th Battalion.

Oh, by the way, there is also a company in Dhaka composed entirely of British people, but this company is only responsible for the security of Lord Belloc, and is not responsible for anything else, so it is also unreliable.

Lord Belloc can rely on these few people in the meeting room.

Rock didn't speak because the new [-]st Cavalry Division was a guest in Dhaka, so Mars Howard and Garfield Huntington couldn't pretend to be dead when it wasn't Rock's turn to speak. This was their part of the job. So Lord Belloc just rolled the roll.

"Director Huntington, your opinion—"

Garfield Huntington's expression was obviously surprised. It seemed that Lord Belloc would call him by name before arriving first. He was dumbfounded for a long time before he managed to say: "We should dispatch troops to catch them all in prison—"

It was as if he hadn't said those words. Lord Belloc glared at Garfield Huntington fiercely with cannibalistic eyes.

This time, Garfield Huntington’s words were finally a bit constructive: “The police station will be responsible for the aftermath, comfort the families of the victims, and treat the wounded with all their strength, but you know, my lord, the medical power in Dhaka is not good enough, and those wounded may not be able to enjoy it.” Effective treatment, so it is best to get the person to Calcutta as soon as possible."

Speaking of the hospital, Mars Howard's eyes lit up immediately, as if he wanted to say something, but when he looked at Rock, he held back alive.

"Say what you have to say!" Lord Belloc was very dissatisfied.

"My lord, the new First Cavalry Division has a field hospital—" Mars Howard was still looking at Rock's face when he spoke, for fear of offending Rock.

Rock couldn't evade this question, and simply admitted: "The new First Cavalry Division does have a field hospital, but we don't have enough medicine and medical equipment, so the hospital can treat those injured civilians, but it doesn't Guaranteed to recover."

At this time, no one dared to boast, let alone being wounded by a full-loaded military bullet, even if a finger was cut, it may be fatal due to tetanus.

Especially in an environment like India, the probability of death is extremely high.

"Just try your best, but you must go all out—" Lord Belloc was a little confused by anger.

Rock was at a loss, not knowing whether he should do his best or go all out.

"The next question is how to alleviate the increasingly serious contradiction." Lord Belloc asked nonsense again. In fact, it is very simple to alleviate the contradiction. Everyone present knows that it is enough to stop tax collection, but this is another point of the Governor's Palace. Absolutely unacceptable.

The tax levied by the Governor's Mansion this time is a special tax similar to the poll tax. Throughout India, everyone must pay at least one shilling to meet the Indian government's capital relocation needs.

Yes, Earl Minto has decided to move the capital from Calcutta to Delhi for security reasons.

Considering that Delhi's urban facilities are not enough to become the capital of India, Earl Minto decided to build a new city south of Delhi as the capital of India. This city is called New Delhi.

It is not easy to rebuild a city, especially the move of the capital, which involves a lot of ups and downs. It is estimated that £200 million is not enough, so the poll tax this time is used to build New Delhi.

There are 5000 million people in India, and one shilling per person is more than 2000 million pounds, enough to rebuild a city.

Rock didn't know how huge New Delhi was planned by Earl Minto. Johannesburg was built from scratch, and it cost less than 300 million pounds. It is estimated that this project is quite tricky, otherwise so much money is Endless.

So, the current situation is like this, and the move of the capital is imperative, so taxes must also be levied. Lord Belloc is actually asking how to successfully raise taxes without intensifying the conflict.

Mars Howard and Garfield Huntington also had no solution for this problem, but Lord Belloc didn't count on them either. Compared with these two, Rock was the best at making money.

"Lord Nyasaran, do you have any good advice?"

Rock almost blurted out "I don't have any", but swallowed the words abruptly. After thinking about it carefully, he still gave his own suggestion: "Ordinary Indians have no money, no jobs, no property, let them pay Taxes are more difficult, so I suggest calculating how much tax the entire East Bengal region has to collect, and then we invite those Brahmins and Kshatriyas to discuss with them how to solve this problem.”

Rock is best at ripping off.

In other words, what Rock is best at is robbing the rich and helping the poor. The poor in India are already poor like this. Dili, they should bear the cost.

The key is that they can afford it.

"No, no, Locke, the situation in India is different from that of the Transvaal. We need the cooperation of those local kings and high castes to rule India more effectively." People have no money, and the wealth of all India is concentrated in the earth kings and temples——

Temples, yes, and temples.

There are really many temples in India. There are four levels of the caste system. The first level of Brahmins are monks and nobles, and the second level of Kshatriyas are military and political aristocrats. Therefore, temples are the richest in India. It has been passed down for thousands of years, and God knows how much wealth is hidden in the secret rooms of those temples.

In his previous life, Rock also heard that a large amount of gold was found in the secret room of a temple in India, worth more than 200 billion U.S. dollars. This is just an ordinary temple. There are at least thousands of temples in India. There is no secret room?

Rock didn't believe it.

However, attacking the temple seems to have more serious consequences than attacking the earth king.

So Rock endured it, and in the end he didn't make this suggestion.

"Lord, in the riots in Dhaka, those princes and nobles don't seem to have played their due role—" Since he couldn't provoke the temple, Roque still targeted the earth kings.

"Yes Lord, we have intelligence that the riots in Dhaka have a lot to do with the Bala and Varma families in eastern Dhaka, although we have no evidence that the Bala and Varma families supported the riots , but in the entire East Bengal region, the territories of the Bala family and the Varma family are the most stable now, which is very abnormal." Garfield Huntington finally found an entry point, but his reason is also very abnormal.

Is it because the Barra family and the Valma family have the most stable territories, and it is the Bala family and the Valma family that supported the riot?

This logic is also stupid enough.

But it is not impossible. You must know that the national uprising in 1857 was initiated by the leaders of the local kings in several northern states. Therefore, although most of the local kings cooperated with the British colonization, not all of them, there are still some people who hope Can get rid of British colonial rule.

To Roque's surprise, Roque's rather nonsense matter immediately caught Lord Belloc's attention.

"What's going on? Tell me in detail." Lord Belloc's face was ugly. Although the British government treated these Indian kings preferentially, they also maintained a high level of vigilance against these Indian kings. Even if ordinary Indians committed rebellion, their influence After all, it is still limited, and only these feudal kings can truly threaten British colonial rule.

"Five days ago, a tax officer from the tax bureau led a team of policemen to the territory of the Varma family to collect taxes, but they were violently resisted by the locals. The tax officer was killed and more than half of the police were injured. The police who escaped in the chaos confirmed that , the rebel army possesses advanced weapons including the Martini Henry rifle, this weapon is in the territory of the Valma family, and only the private army of the Valma family can have it, so we have reason to believe that the Valma family has actually Participating in the rebellion, we must take action, otherwise the situation will deteriorate further." Garfield Huntington did not feel embarrassed at all, but was very impassioned.

Rock really can't imagine how bad the police station in Dhaka can be. The tax collector was killed by the mob, and it seems that Garfield Huntington hasn't arranged for revenge. This is really embarrassing to the police up.

"Why didn't you report such a big thing?" Lord Belloc also noticed this problem.

"We are still investigating now, and I want to report to you after the situation is clear." Garfield Huntington spoke boldly, with an expression of concern for the country and the people on his face.

"So where is the investigation now?" asked Lord Belloc.

Garfield Huntington was instantly speechless.

"Locke, can the new [-]st Cavalry Division be dispatched?" Lord Bellock ignored Garfield Huntington and settled the issue first.

"It is possible, but shall we go directly to the territory of the Valma family and capture all the people of the Valma family?" Rock couldn't believe it. Just because of this untenable reason, he sent troops to arrest a local king?

The status of these earth kings is really too low.

"Take him back first. If it turns out that the Valma family has nothing to do with this matter, I will naturally apologize at that time." Lord Belloc dared not be careless on this issue.

"No, no, lord, this is inappropriate. We should first confirm the attitude of the Valma family. How about inviting people from the Valma family and the Bala family to the dinner?" Rock didn't want to act too hastily. If you really want to get rid of it, you still have to end up with the new First Cavalry Division.

(End of this chapter)