Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 540

There are diamonds in the Bechuanaland Reserve, and the reserves are still very high, ranking among the top in the world.

Rock is not very professional in this area, but Stoudemire is professional, so Rock sent a telegram to Stoudemire, and Stoudemire arrived in Johannesburg the next day.

Amelia sent a total of more than 20 diamonds, all of which have not been processed. Almost all of the diamonds are colored diamonds with a little color, and they are still very beautiful when piled together.

But this kind of scene is normal in Stoudemire's eyes. Stoudemire casually picked up the pink diamond that the big man had been chewing all afternoon, looked at it, and then threw it back on the table.

"This is not a good thing. Even if a diamond mine is discovered in the Bechuanaland Protected Area, it cannot be mined now. The world's diamond market is so big. If there are too many diamonds mined, the diamonds will be worthless—" Stoudemire Standard The thinking of a businessman is not in the same dimension as Rock.

This is just right for Roque. What Stoudemire wants is profit, but what Roque wants is living space.

As for Amelia, what he wants is social status, so give it to him. This is very simple for Rock.

With the addition of Stoudemire, the matter will be resolved easily. Rock is the middleman and bridges the gap. Stoudemire and Amelia signed an agreement on the development of the diamond mine in the Bechuanaland Reserve. Then Rock can use the name of the South African company , and dignifiedly dispatched troops from the Rhodesian Northern Division into the Bechuanaland Protectorate.

In fact, Stoudemire has more freedom than Rock in this regard. Rock also has to consider London's reaction. The South African company is just a commercial operation, and there is no need to say hello to London. In the name of developing mines, the British government has no control at all, nor does it want to.

With the deepening of the arms race, all the attention of the British government is on maintaining the overall advantage over Germany, and it doesn't care about southern Africa at all.

At the end of April, the prime ministers of the four southern African colonies held their first joint meeting in Pretoria to formally discuss issues related to the establishment of a federal government in southern Africa.

A consensus was reached on this issue on the first day, and almost everyone at the meeting believed that the establishment of a unified Southern African Federation would be more conducive to the development of Southern Africa.

Reaching this consensus is only the first step, and there are still more issues to be discussed, such as the status of each colony in the Southern African Federal Government after the establishment of the Southern African Federal Government, the location of the capital of the Southern African Federal Government, and finally What matters is the Constitution of the Federal Government of Southern Africa.

Prior to this, the laws of the four colonies in southern Africa were very different. Generally speaking, Cape's laws were the strictest, Natal's laws were the most lenient, and the laws used in the Transvaal were more economical. For minorities The attitude of ethnic minorities is also the most friendly, while the laws of Orange are the most traditional, and the regulations on ethnic minorities can be called harsh.

Two months ago, Orange just announced a regulation requiring Indians in the territory to register in Bloemfontein, so that Bloemfontein can be better managed.

In fact, this is an excuse. The reason why Bloemfontein wants to register Indians is to repatriate Indians in batches in the future.

There are many Indians in Orange. During the plague, the stretcher team led by Gandhi participated deeply in the management of rats in Orange, and won a great reputation among ordinary Boers. After that, many Indians stayed in Burundi as a matter of course. Longfontaine, and with the stability of Orange, more and more Indians immigrated to Orange.

Unlike the British in the Transvaal, the Boers in Orange are very wary of the population of ethnic minorities. Now there are about 30 Boers in Orange, and the total number of Indians has increased to [-]. , accounting for one-tenth of the total population of Orange, and there will be a rapid increase in the future. This situation has finally aroused the concerns of the Orange government.

If Indians and Chinese are as diligent and assiduous and have no complaints, then maybe the Orange government will tolerate the increase in the Indian population. After all, Indians are also British in principle and enjoy the freedom to settle within the Commonwealth. right.

It's a pity that the increase of Indians has not brought much change to Orange. Compared with India, Orange's living conditions are much better. Indians don't need to work hard to live in Orange easily. live on.

Indians are also weird. As long as they can get by, they don’t take the initiative to think about how to improve the quality of life. They never seem to worry about whether there is overnight food in the granary. Living in the present is the best comment for Indians.

Compared with the Indians, the Boers have a higher heart than the sky and a thinner life than paper. They were once the masters of the Cape, and even the Transvaal and Orange, but now the Boers no longer have their own country, and their living space is getting bigger and bigger. The smaller, so many Boers are very dissatisfied with their current life.

However, many Indians are very satisfied with their current life, so the final state is that they are eating bran and swallowing vegetables. The Boers eat with frowns and tears, but the Indians sing and dance happily.

Compared with the Chinese in the Transvaal, this situation is simply too sad for the Orange officials.

Obviously they are all members of ancient civilizations, and they obviously have similar foundations when they came to southern Africa, and obviously the official immigration conditions of the Transvaal and Orange are similar, but the Chinese in the Transvaal and Orange The Indians in the Orange County government showed two completely different states, which made the Orange government's attitude towards the Indians more and more disgusting, which eventually led to the Orange government's determination to clean up the Indians in the territory.

Just like the attitude of the Boers towards the British.

It is obvious that the Indians are not as brave as the real British, daring to use violent means to confront the injustice of the Orange government.

However, Gandhi has gained some social prestige through his efforts during the plague, so Gandhi led the Indians in Orange, strongly opposed the decision of the Orange government, and criticized the perfidy of the Orange government in newspapers.

During the plague, in order to make the stretcher team led by Gandhi willing to work for Orange, the then Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, Yang Smother, promised Gandhi that after the plague, the Orange government would give the Indians real citizenship There will be no discrimination against Indians.

The current regulation of the Orange government is obviously discriminatory.

To the frustration of the Orange government, many ordinary Boers were also incited by Gandhi to stand up against this regulation of the Orange government.

So the Orange government had to compromise, and changed the immediate grade to free registration within three months.

In fact, the result is still the same. After the registration is completed, the Orange government will still repatriate the Indians in the territory in batches.

But this was already a great victory for Gandhi and other Indians. They used their efforts to force the Orange government to change its decision, just like winning a major battle.

After knowing this incident, Rock couldn't help laughing, and had a new recognition of this "Mahatma".

During the meeting of the prime ministers of the four colonies in Pretoria, Gandhi also came to Pretoria, trying to fight for a better social status for Indians after the establishment of the Southern African Federation.

Rock had dealt with Gandhi anyway, so Gandhi took the initiative to find Rock, hoping to get Rock's help.

Gandhi's reasons are also very strange. Even the Gurkhas in the Transvaal can accept them, so they should also accept the Indians. Therefore, Gandhi hopes that the Transvaal can agree to accept Indian immigrants, and give Indian immigrants and Chinese, Gurkhas The same social status as the Kharkivians.

"Sorry, it's not for me to decide. You should go to Lord Matilda on this matter." Rock knew how to play football at this time. The prime minister of the Transvaal was Philip, not Rock.

"I also hope to meet Lord Matilda, but it is a pity that Lord Matilda is busy with work and has not been able to spare time. If possible, I also hope that you can help me to meet Lord Matilda opportunities.” Gandhi’s demands are a bit too much, or in other words, Gandhi is still relatively naive.

In fact, Philip is not busy at all, and he played with little Gavin all afternoon yesterday.

It's a pity that Felice is very dissatisfied with the way Philip and Gavin get along. Philip likes fishing very much, so he takes Gavin to go fishing. Claiming that if there is a next time, Phyllis will limit Philip's contact with Little Gavin.

Don't tell that Philip is the Prime Minister of the Transvaal, but at home, Philip's family status is really not high. White families and Chinese families get along differently. Even if a Chinese family is a big family, they will live together. In fact, the separation of the family is considered to be a precursor to the decline of the family, which is a very unlucky thing.

It is normal for white families to separate families. When children grow up, even if they have not started a family, they will usually move out of the house. The relationship with their parents is also more indifferent than that of Chinese families.

The same is true of Philip's family. Although Henry and Philip both live in Pretoria, Henry will only bring Lacey and Paula home to have dinner with Philip on weekends, but it is Phyllis who married The daughter who goes out often takes Gavin back to her mother's house.

So Philip loved Gavin, his grandson, very much.

Of course Rock would not tell Gandhi about these things, let alone take Gandhi to see Philip. Rock could not make decisions for Philip.

So Rock refused very simply: "I'm sorry, Lord Matilda doesn't want to see you. You must have done something to make Lord Matilda unhappy, so I can't help it."

"What did I do?" Gandhi actually asked back.

Rock was simply helpless, and Gandhi was too naive to understand such an obvious refusal.

In fact, not necessarily, maybe Gandhi was playing stupid.

(End of this chapter)