Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 541

Indians have different standards for asking for help from Chinese. For most Chinese, asking for help is to cause trouble for others. Enough is enough.

Indians are obviously not like this. They always take it for granted to ask for help from others. If something is too difficult for them and it is difficult to do it under normal circumstances, then the solution for Indians is to ask others for help. This person is not It doesn't matter if you are willing to help, just change it.

Anyway, Indians will not take the initiative to find a way to solve the problem.

Although Gandhi was a "Mahatma", he still couldn't get rid of this category. The Boers were unwilling to improve the social status of Indians, so Gandhi pinned his hopes on the Transvaal. Philip didn't want to see Gandhi, so Gandhi hoped to get Roque referrals.

In any case, Gandhi would not seek problems from Indians. In Gandhi’s view, the root of all problems was that Indians did not have a normal social status. Otherwise, Indians could live and work in southern Africa just like the Chinese.

This is actually deceiving yourself.

So Rock's next words are very straightforward: "If you want the Orange government or the Transvaal government to give Indians the same social status as Chinese, then the Indians must first prove that they are worthy of Orange. The government or the Transvaal government does it for them, where do you think the Indians have the advantage—”

"My lord, it's not that the Indians have no advantages, but because there is no room to display them at all. In Orange, even if we work hard, we can't get the same salary as the Boers, even if we pay more. The price, Bloemfontein will not sell the farm to us Indians, so what the Indians need is just an opportunity." Gandhi still had eloquence, but unfortunately his starting point was wrong.

Rock just smiled and said nothing. Many farmers in the Transvaal are Chinese. If Rock takes Gandhi to meet Philip and facilitates the introduction of Indians in the Transvaal, it will be tantamount to letting Indians and Chinese compete for living space. Roque didn't know where Gandhi's confidence came from, thinking that Roque would help him in this kind of thing.

The Chinese in Rock and Transvaal have worked so hard to build the Transvaal to where it is now, but it is not for the Indians to pick the fruit.

"Lord—" Gandhi still wanted to fight.

However, Rock had lost his patience, and raised his hand to interrupt: "I'm really sorry, I'm afraid I can't help you on this issue—"

After Rock finished speaking, he motioned for Zac to see off the guests. Gandhi still wanted to fight for it. Zach grinned, and Gandhi was immediately taken aback.

The ruthless Lord Nyasaland at the center of the legend—

Really cruel!

In the evening, Rock still had dinner with Philip as usual. Gavin, who is more than two years old, can already eat by himself, but he is not used to the spoon, so he often throws the spoon aside and eats with his hands.

Phyllis didn't care at all, and didn't let the maid feed Gavin. Even though Gavin's face was covered with rice grains, Phyllis insisted on letting Gavin eat by himself.

Rock didn't think that Phyllis was abusing Gavin. Phyllis was also strict with Gavin in order to cultivate Gavin's ability to take care of himself.

After all, Gavin is the first in line heir to the Baron of Nyasaland, so Phyllis will definitely not pamper Gavin, but will be stricter, so that Gavin can truly lead Nyasaland to move forward in the future.

On the contrary, Philip had a lot of complaints about Felice's actions, but Felice would never compromise on this issue, so Philip went to the study with Roque to drink tea and smoke as quickly as possible after eating, out of sight don't bother.

"Negotiations are not going well, neither Cape nor Orange is willing to give up the status of capital, Dr Starr Jameson wants the federal government to put the capital in Cape Town, and Mr Louis Botha wants the capital to be Bron Fontaine, Viscount Halewood and I both want to put the capital in Pretoria. It has been a whole week. Even the issue of the capital has not been decided. Everything is terrible. Tomorrow I decided to let Owen go to the meeting instead of me. , even if we have to quarrel, Owen has more physical strength than me." Philip was also physically and mentally exhausted.

Philip already knew that if a federal government was established in southern Africa, there would definitely be many issues to be coordinated.

However, Philip did not expect that it would be so troublesome to solve the problem. In the past, Philip was quite enthusiastic about establishing a federal government. Now it seems that the establishment of a federal government in the future may not be a good thing. Separate.

"Naturally, everyone wants to fight for more voice in the future federal government—" Rock can understand, but Rock can't accept it either.

Internal friction has always been a situation that Rock has tried his best to avoid, so in Nyasaland and the newly formed First Cavalry Division, Rock has never engaged in democracy, and has always made his own decisions.

Doing so will of course cause some problems, but compared to internal friction, Roque would rather let his subordinates become dependent on Roque.

At the very least, the Nyasaland officials and the officers of the new [-]st Cavalry Division can still do things under such circumstances, which is better than quarreling all day long without making any progress in their work.

However, the same situation is not suitable for the federal government. Whether it is the four major colonies, Nyasaland, or Rhodesia, they all have their own interests and demands, and they all want to fight for more right to speak for themselves, so now this kind of In this situation, Roque was also mentally prepared.

"The most ridiculous thing is that people from Basutoland and Swaziland are also in Pretoria. The Swazi people actually hope that Swaziland can restore its independent status. It is ridiculous. When they faced the Boers Threats, Swaziland has to ask for the protection of London, now that the Boer country no longer exists, and Swaziland wants to secede from the federal government, I really don’t know what they are thinking.” There are many slots in Philip’s mouth Very well, if he continues to play this, maybe he can vomit until tomorrow morning.

Swaziland is also a wonderful country. At the end of the last century, Swaziland faced the threat of the Transvaal Republic, so it sought help from the British government, hoping to become a protectorate of the British Empire.

Later, under the coordination of the British government, Swaziland and the Transvaal Republic signed the "Treaty of Werenigin", and the Transvaal Republic recognized the independence of Swaziland.

At this time, Swaziland was no longer threatened by annexation, so it wanted to repent and no longer become a British protectorate.

As a result, London did not give Swaziland any chance. It unilaterally declared Swaziland to be a British protectorate and brought all the Swaziland royal family to live in the British mainland. Swaziland then became a British colony.

Now the four colonies in southern Africa are working hard to establish the Southern African Federation. Perhaps the Swazis feel that the opportunity has come again, so they jumped out and brought up the old matter again.

It's a pity that Philip and Ade are not philanthropists, so it may be very difficult for Swaziland to become independent.

Rock is even more cannibalistic. Swaziland at this time has a larger area than Swaziland in the 21st century. Now that the mining area along the coast of Swaziland has not been discovered, Rock will definitely not let it go. A piece of fat.

"Mr. Amelia from the Bechuanaland Reserve found me in Johannesburg some time ago, hoping that I could help the Bechuanaland Reserve and maintain the stability of the Bechuanaland Reserve." Rock explained selectively, so as not to get Philip was caught off guard.

Philip said a meaningful "oh", similar to the situation in Basutoland and Swaziland, and the Bechuanaland Protectorate is not qualified to send people to participate in this meeting that will determine their future and fate.

"I have learned about the situation of the Bechuanaland Reserve during this time. In fact, the Bechuanaland Reserve is still very good. First of all, the area is large enough, and secondly, the population is really small. If it is well managed, it is still very promising." Luo Luo Clarke had decided to form a new regiment in the Northern Rhodesian Division and send this regiment to the Bechuanaland Protectorate.

In fact, there are risks in accepting Bechuanaland. According to the statistics of the United Nations in the 21st century, African countries such as Bechuanaland and Swaziland have a very high AIDS infection rate, and the average life expectancy is about 35 years old. The Federation of Southern Africa If you want to accept Bechuanaland and Swaziland, you must be more vigilant in terms of hygiene.

This is what Nyasaland is doing now. All new Chinese immigrants arriving in Nyasaland will get a brief introduction about southern Africa. Among them, Africans are listed as "extremely dangerous", not to mention forming a family. Nyasaland officials do not even approve of the scheduled contacts.

If under such circumstances, there are still Chinese who are willing to contact Africans, then Roque really has no choice.

They are all full.

"What do you want to do, replace the Bechuanalites with Chinese?" Philip saw through Rock's sinister intentions at a glance.

Rock didn't even have the slightest embarrassment on his face, and he took it for granted: "Most of the country in Bechuanaland is a high-altitude terrain, the west and southwest are deserts, and the average annual precipitation is very small. The east and north are still very good, with abundant precipitation. The water and grass are lush, which is very suitable for raising cattle. A lot of beef in the Transvaal comes from the Bechuanaland—it’s a pity that such good conditions have been wasted by the Bechuanalites. The entire Bechuanaland is now There are less than one million cattle, and there are not as many elephants as there are in the Bechuanaland protected area. If the Bechuanalites in Bechuanaland are replaced by Chinese, guess what will happen next?"

Philip was speechless for a moment.

On this issue, Philip also has to admit that the Chinese do have obvious advantages. In the whole of southern Africa, the Chinese may be the most hardworking, capable, and smartest people. Philip often goes to the grassroots in Pretoria to learn about the situation , Knowing the current development of Chinese farms, compared with Africans or Boers, or British, Chinese have obvious advantages.

(End of this chapter)