Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 538

Louis Botha and Jan Smoltz are indeed very capable, but often the more capable they are, the more serious the consequences will be. Even if Louis Botha and Jan Smoltz have no intention of doing evil, they think At that time, the starting point of interests will not be completely consistent with that of the Southern African Federation. This will definitely cause serious consequences, ranging from serious internal friction to serious disasters for the country and the people.

Like a coalition government formed by the Boers in another time and space.

"The Boers are parasites in southern Africa. Orange still needs loans from London to maintain its basic operations. The reason why London agreed to the autonomy of southern Africa so easily has a lot to do with Orange. No matter how you look at Orange The city is like a bottomless pit, and London doesn’t want to be burdened by this heavy burden, so it throws them to the future Southern African Federation.” Owen also doesn’t like the Boers, but Owen considers the issue more comprehensively, so Owen will not just refuse, the Boers Not for nothing.

At least London would not have agreed to self-government for southern Africa so easily without the push of Louis Botha and Jan Smoltz.

"After the establishment of the Southern African Federation, the Orange government no longer needs to bear military expenditures, and the current government agencies must also be streamlined. I heard that there are more than 100 civil servants in a small town in Orange. This is a joke. Bigwig Town Now there are less than 100 civil servants. Since Orange is not financially self-sufficient, we should find ways to increase income and reduce expenditure. If there is no way to make money, then tighten the belt. It is basically impossible for Orange to obtain federal loans in the future. .” Rock was full of confidence and said this with confidence.

Rand Bank has a good chance of becoming the central bank of the Southern African Federation in the future.

At that time, all capital transfers of the Southern African Federation will be carried out through the Rand Bank. The Orange government wants to borrow money. If it does not go to the British mainland to find those Jewish financiers, it can only borrow through the Rand Bank.

In fact, Louis Botha approached the Rand Bank on behalf of the Orange government before, hoping to get a loan from the Rand Bank to build the road between Bloemfontein and Johannesburg, and was willing to use the toll of the road as collateral.

After comprehensive consideration, Rand Bank rejected Louis Botha's request.

This mortgage is actually a hidden murderous intent. At present, apart from the railway, there is also a simple road between Bloemfontein and Johannesburg.

There is currently no toll on this road.

If the new road is tolled, and Rand Bank is responsible for the toll, it will seriously affect the image of Rand Bank in Johannesburg and Bloemfontein.

And take a step back, because of Johannesburg's restrictions on foreign population, now more Johannesburgers are using the current road, so if there is a toll, then the wool will still come from the sheep, which is equivalent to free help from the Rand Bank Orange builds a road, and the Johannesburgers come and pay the debt.

This kind of business must never be done.

"After the establishment of the federal government, the Boers are not loans, but financial allocations. Compared with loans, financial allocations do not even have to be repaid. At that time, the federal government has no reason to refuse." Owen thinks a lot, but the Boers are not so It's easy to get rid of, even London is afraid of the Boers, and would rather have autonomy in southern Africa than get rid of the heavy burden of the Boers. The future federal government will not be able to get rid of the Boers.

"Hehe, the problem of democracy should be solved by democracy." Rock is not worried, the Boers can make troubles, and Rock is not easy to mess with.

Rock has already dug a hole for the Boers, as long as the Boers jump in, don't even think about jumping out.

In the future federal government, the right to speak is determined by the economic foundation. Orange’s financial situation determines that Orange can’t make much contribution to the federal government. Therefore, the right to speak is more concentrated in the Transvaal, the Cape In these areas, it is not easy for Orange to take advantage of the federal government.

The so-called "democratic way" is actually the violence of the majority against the minority. Now that the size of the cake is so small, if Orange eats more, the Transvaal and the Cape will eat less. If Roque is needed, the Transvaal and Cape will reject all of Orange's unreasonable demands.

Not to mention that Rhodesia and Nyasaland are still eyeing. Rhodesia and Nyasaland will be part of the federal government in the future, so the two votes of Rhodesia and Nyasaland are also very important. With the vote for the Upper Transvaal, basically the three alliances can influence the future federal government.

Louis Botha and Jan Smolts are also based on this point, so they behaved with consideration for gains and losses.

To put it bluntly, this is the same as usury, you calculate the interest, others calculate the principal, Orange joins the federal government, will indeed get a considerable degree of freedom, and will also receive a certain degree of support from the federal government, but joining The federation is easy, but it will be difficult to withdraw from the federation in the future. Democracy issues must be resolved in a democratic way. If most people do not agree that Orange should leave the federal government, then Orange will have to accept the restraint of the federal government forever.

While Rock was chatting with Owen, Owen's secretary came in quietly and whispered in Owen's ear: "Sir, Mr. Amelia is here—"

Owen nodded, and did not let Amelia in directly, but politely asked Rock for his opinion: "Mr. Amelia is from Bechuanaland, he has been in Johannesburg all this time, and I hope Bechuanaland can do the same. have a corresponding place in the future federal government."

Rock had almost never heard of such a name. After hearing Owen's introduction, Rock knew who this Mr. Amelia was.

This is actually a legendary figure. About 20 years ago, Amelia was just an ordinary British immigrant in Bechuanaland, because Amelia was worried that Bechuanaland would be annexed by the Transvaal Republic at that time, so she sought British government protection.

The British government took advantage of the opportunity to establish the Bechuanaland Protectorate, turning the Bechuanaland Protectorate into a British colony.

The Bechuana Reserve is the future Botswana. You can tell from the name that it is a huge primitive park with an area of ​​58 square kilometers.

The reason for emphasizing "primitive" is that the Bechuanaland Reserve has almost no sense of existence in southern Africa. Rock even needs to look at a map to find out where the Bechuanaland Reserve is.

The area is indeed large, larger than the current Nyasaland.

But unfortunately, the British government does not know enough about the specific situation of the Bechuanaland Reserve. Even in the official internal documents of the UK, the word "estimate" is full of uncertainty about the specific number of people in the Bechuanaland Reserve.

It is estimated that the total population of the Bechuanaland Reserve, which now covers an area of ​​58 square kilometers, is less than [-].

The entire Bechuanaland Reserve, let alone a city, does not even have a decent town, which is why the Bechuanaland Reserve is so non-existent.

Mr. Amelia is a lucky guy who is good at seizing opportunities. Leaving aside whether the Republic of Transvaal intended to annex the Bechuanaland 20 years ago, Amelia added to the British Empire with a groundless worry. A colony of 58 square kilometers.

London gave Amelia a generous reward. It rewarded Amelia with a [-]-acre farm in the Bechuana Reserve, near the border of the Transvaal, and appointed Amelia as the head of the Bechuana Reserve. people.

After the establishment of Southern Africa, the Bechuanaland Sanctuary will definitely become a part of Southern Africa as well.

However, based on the current conditions of the Bechuanaland Reserve, it is estimated that it will be difficult for the Bechuanaland Reserve to obtain corresponding status in the future federal government.

It doesn't matter how big the land is these days, it's more important whether there are people in the territory, not to mention other wild animals in the Bechuanaland Reserve, the number of elephants alone is estimated to be more than people, so Amelia is for the future Bechuanaland Considering the protection of Zhanna, he came to Johannesburg early and asked Owen for help.

It is exactly the same as the method of asking London for help, it seems that Amelia has indeed tasted the sweetness.

"How about Lord Nyasaland, are you interested in meeting this legendary gentleman?" Owen said with ridicule, and obviously did not pay much attention to Amelia. If Roque didn't want to see him, Amelia would have to wait. with.

Waiting for when Rock leaves and when Owen is free, Amelia probably will have the chance to meet Owen by then.

"Okay——" Bechuanaland's protection is not necessary for Owen, but it is still very important for Rock.

People in this era, no matter how far-sighted they are, will not realize the importance of living space after the population explosion.

What officials in this era are worried about is not how to develop the economy or how to improve people's livelihood, but to do everything possible to increase the population, first to solve the problem of whether there are people, and then to solve the problem of economic development.

The same is true for Rock. Although there are hundreds of millions of Chinese in the Qing Dynasty, there are still a limited number of people who can come to southern Africa. Rock also tried every means to immigrate from the Qing Dynasty. The total Chinese population has not broken through the million mark.

It's coming soon. When Rock was in Nyasaland, Nyasaland officials conducted a statistics. Now the total population of Nyasaland has reached 55, which is more than the total population of Transvaal.

As of 1907, the total number of Chinese in southern Africa was about 90. Except for the 55 in Nyasaland, most of the rest were concentrated in the Transvaal. There are also Chinese in Rhodesia, but the Chinese The number of them is not large, only about less than 10.

This "only" is actually basically the same as the number of whites in Rhodesia. Therefore, Rock's long-term immigration has now seen results. The reason why Rock is so confident is that he and more and more Chinese It has a lot to do with it.

Quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes.

　Happy holidays brothers - don't forget the parade at ten o'clock -

　　

　

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