Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 507 Excuses

Equalization of interests is an unwritten unspoken rule, and everyone will subconsciously abide by it. If you don't follow the rules, you will be rejected by the whole group, and you will never get any opportunities in the future.

The Varma family just ended up unruly. The reason why the UK respects the earth king is not because the earth king is worthy of respect, but because the earth king can help the British government maintain colonial rule, so the British government can tolerate the earth king’s privileges in India. The behavior of the Varma family deviates from this principle, so the British government will abandon the Valma family.

Rock was very sensible and organized up and down, which made everyone very satisfied. Earl Minto also happily approved Rock's application to return to southern Africa, and held a grand ceremony for Rock and the new First Cavalry Division. farewell ceremony.

During the ceremony, Roque accepted the title of earl granted by the Nepalese government. This title is only honorary and does not have any real power or real interest. Roque is still a British baron and has not raised all boats because of this earl.

But in name, Roque is now the earl, at least in Nepal in the future, if Roque wants to recruit Gurkha mercenaries, he does not need to cooperate with the British government, so Roque also set up a conscription point in Nepal, and Compared with the British government's recruitment point conditions, it is more conducive to the new First Cavalry Division and Rhodesia Northern Division to replenish fresh blood.

The conscription point of the British government is just a simple conscription point, and there are not many staff members.

Rock's enlistment point is directly a barracks, with its own barracks and training ground. The umbrella company is responsible for the operation of the enlistment point. After entering the barracks, new recruits will go through a period of pre-training, and then let the new First Cavalry Division and Rhodes The North West Asian Division was selected first, and finally it was the umbrella company's turn.

Xia Jiu was obviously very satisfied with this arrangement.

The development of Umbrella Company in India is very smooth. It not only vigorously develops personal business, but also cooperates with government departments to undertake some security tasks, as well as the management of some prisons in Calcutta, Dhaka, and even Delhi.

In fact, the British government still has high expectations for the Umbrella Company, but Rock reminded that the Umbrella Company refused all work related to the Qing Dynasty and only limited its business to India.

Of course, some commercial activities are not limited to India, such as the emerald mines in Myanmar.

Although jadeite is popular in the Chinese world, more than 90.00% of jadeite in the world is produced in Myanmar. At that time, there was no mining machinery, so all mining was done manually, and the efficiency was very low.

In fact, construction machinery has already appeared in southern Africa, but it will obviously take some time before it is used in mines. Now it is mainly used for road construction and bridge construction. After the umbrella company took over the prison management, many prisons have been overwhelmed and overcrowded. Although Xia Jiu can Sell ​​people to southern Africa, but after all, the mountains are high and the road is far away, so Xia Jiu simply went to Burma to buy a few mines, and then sent all the prisoners to Burma to mine.

Burma was also a British colony at this time, and it was a province of India. After the British conquered Burma through the Anglo-Burmese War, a large number of Indian immigrants poured into Burma. Now the conflict between Burmese locals and Indians is also very serious. The British government now instead It has begun to act as a mediator, and the British government is obviously more comfortable with this role.

The Umbrella Company came to India not to act as a mediator, but to make money. The British don’t know the actual value of jadeite, so they don’t think much of raw jadeite. Relatively speaking, the British prefer Ceylon Gems of various colors, rather than Myanmar's jadeite, which has led to the fact that most of Myanmar's jadeite mines are still controlled by local powerful figures in Myanmar.

For Myanmar, the Umbrella Company is an out-and-out cross-river dragon. Xia Jiu quickly obtained two jadeite mines in Myanmar, and purchased a large number of rough stones in Myanmar, and then all kinds of stones began to be shipped one by one. The boat was sent to Nyasaland, and Xia Jiu didn't care if there were any emeralds in those stones, anyway, I'll take the stones away first.

The overall price of jadeite is still relatively cheap in this era, because Westerners do not recognize jadeite at all, so jadeite only has a market in the Chinese world.

Although the value of jadeite after it is made into jewelry is relatively high, the price of rough jadeite is really just the price of "stone". Xia Jiu buys rough jadeite from Myanmar, and sometimes the price is not even as high as the price of imported marble from German Southwest Africa. It's outrageously cheap.

Rock didn't dare to do these things at all. Even if the value of emeralds soared, it was only after the Chinese as a whole became rich. Now that those stones are sent back to Nyasaland, they must be thrown into a corner to cool down for a period of time. Rock returned to Southern Africa, and still had to focus on the autonomy of Southern Africa.

At the end of June, the new [-]st Cavalry Division finally finished its work in India and returned to Johannesburg.

Rock also finally met Phyllis and little Gavin who were thinking about it day and night.

When in Dhaka, Phyllis told Rock via telegram that little Gavin would call him dad. Rock regretted missing that special moment, but Rock did not regret it, although Phyllis had previously telegraphed Zhong expressed that he wanted to visit Rock in India, but Rock firmly refused considering the safety of Phyllis and Gavin, so Phyllis now has an excuse, and she was a little itchy when she saw Rock.

"The banker hasn't been in Johannesburg for the past few months. I heard that he returned to France. Is that true?" Ada's secrecy was pretty good. Although Phyllis knew that Ada wasn't in Johannesburg during this time, she didn't Know where Ada went.

"Really, I don't know too well—" Rock pretended to be stupid.

Phyllis is not stupid, and the scene of domestic violence will soon follow: "Don't think I don't know—"

Of course Rock won't suffer, and then go back with domestic violence.

I won't describe the specific situation. In short, Rock didn't resume work until a week later.

Half a year after leaving Johannesburg, Johannesburg has changed a lot. The Southern African United Self-Government promoted by the Earl of Selborne has had a good or bad impact on Johannesburg. It is obvious that there are more and more turbans and Boers in Johannesburg. The police deport many homeless people out of the country every day, but more people don't know where to go, and they can't put them in prison, so they have to throw them into the mines to dig.

"Some Boers are doing everything they can to return to the Transvaal. Some people actually go back to Europe first, and then sign up to emigrate to the Transvaal, so that they can return to Johannesburg in a legitimate way. Most of these people will not be able to find them for a while. When it comes to work, they don’t want to do hard work. They hate doing more and earning less. They don’t have any good jobs. They have no ability at all. The biggest skill is to eat and eat. The city government spends hundreds of pounds every day It is used to help these people, so our current immigration policy has a big problem and must be changed as soon as possible.” At the city government work meeting, Minister of the Interior James Bernard strongly opposed the current immigration policy.

"That's right, these people are idle and lazy. They came to Johannesburg for all the benefits that the city government provides for new immigrants. Such people are not welcome anywhere. They will not work hard in Orange. When they arrive It's the same in Johannesburg, no, in Johannesburg, because of the various benefits of the city government, they can't starve to death, so they will go too far than in Orange." Police Chief Harry Spencer is also full of complaints. Recently, the law and order in Johannesburg There is a tendency to worsen, and it has a lot to do with those Boers.

Rock didn't know these things yet, so he asked Ulysses Noel, the director of immigration next to him, in a low voice.

"In order to allow those new immigrants to adapt to life in Johannesburg in a short period of time, the city government is now sending free meal coupons to those new immigrants. With the meal coupons, they can go to restaurants designated by the city government. Just arrived in Johannesburg, but it was used by some Boers as a reason for them not to work." Ulysses Noel was also very worried. As the immigration director, Johannesburg could not attract enough immigrants. Ulysses Noel was very worried. The new immigrants who came now were all this kind of stuff, and Ulysses Noel was also more worried.

Rock was speechless. Social welfare is a good thing. The more welfare, the higher the economic development. The essence of social welfare is to protect all people in the society, and it is for special people. However, in Johannesburg, social welfare is obviously used by those who are free. I thought the smart guy was playing badly, and the end result of doing so must be that Johannesburg cancels all social benefits.

However, this cancellation is not a matter of one sentence or two. Johannesburg enacted these social benefits in order to attract immigrants, but now it is canceled as soon as it is said to be cancelled. What about the real immigrants who really need these benefits?

So those who think they are smart are really cancerous. Being greedy for petty gain will not only affect other people, but in fact it will ultimately harm themselves. The key is this kind of mentality. If you get used to being the weak and being handed out, then you will really become the weak in the end. Can never be self-reliant.

"The current immigration policy is not up to us. It is a rule left by Governor Adelaide. We can only adjust it now, not completely abolish it." Marcus Beaufort, who succeeded Philip as mayor, was also very helpless.

"Then gradually cancel it. For example, set a time limit for the issuance of this meal coupon, three months, or half a year. Half a year is enough time for those new immigrants to adapt to life in Johannesburg? If you can't find a job for half a year, Then we don't need such immigrants in Johannesburg." Rock really looked down on those guys who thought they were smart, and all the reasons for not being able to find a job were actually excuses in the end.

But it's just not high enough to be low.

(End of this chapter)