Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 542 Cold Palace

Throughout southern Africa, including Cape, which has been colonized for hundreds of years, farms run by Chinese and farms run by whites are basically two completely different situations.

Farms run by white people, even on the outskirts of Cape Town, no matter how large they are, look at the past, apart from scattered vineyards, there are more grasslands and woods, showing a completely original ecology, and there are not many humans Traces of civilization development.

The farms run by the Chinese, even the farms that have just been taken over, are full of vitality. As long as the weather is fine, there are people working in the fields anytime and anywhere in the Chinese farms, either opening up wasteland or renovating forests. Working day in and day out like a tireless one will eventually make the most of every inch of land on the farm.

In the concept of the Chinese, it would be ridiculed to allow the land to be barren. Even if you have a farm with thousands of acres, there is no land that is superfluous. Make the most of it.

A small number of individual farms are still unable to play a sufficient demonstration effect. Countless farms are combined, that is, within three to five years, the surrounding areas of Johannesburg are already intertwined, let alone in southern Africa. Even in Europe, which is known as the center of the world, it is rare.

Perhaps for other white people, they are still shocked by this situation occasionally. In the long run, as the economic strength of the Chinese in southern Africa becomes stronger and stronger, the social status of the Chinese will also become higher and higher, which may eventually affect the white people. rule.

For Philip, this problem does not exist. Rock is Philip's family. For the sake of Phyllis and Little Gavin, Philip will not impose restrictions on the Chinese.

The Chinese have indeed brought a lot of changes to southern Africa. Just in the Bechuanaland Protectorate, where Philip has no time to pay attention, a brand new city is rising.

The city is located on the border of the Bechuanaland Transvaal, presumably near the future Gaborone.

Gaborone is still a wasteland. In the future, Botswana started construction of the city in 1964 to commemorate the chief of the Turokwa tribe and the national hero Gaborone who fought heroically against the South African colonialists.

Now the name of this city will definitely not be called Gaborone anymore. As the main investor in the construction of this city, Stoudemire, in memory of his father Cecil Rhodes, named this city after his Named after his father, so the name of the city is Rhodes.

In terms of city construction, Christian now has a wealth of experience. Rock and Stoudemire do not have high requirements for Rhodes. The main function is to serve as a bridgehead for the development of the Bechuanaland Protected Area, and the personnel and materials entering the Bechuanaland Protected Area , will gather in Rhodes, and then go to various places in the Bechuanaland Protectorate in batches.

So the first thing Christian built was the freight yard, the hotel, and the barracks.

In order to build Rhodes, Christian mobilized nearly [-] workers. All the required materials were purchased from the Transvaal and Nyasaland. After the main body of the city is completed, the construction from Johannesburg to Rhodes will be built in the future. It is estimated that all works on the railways and roads between the two will be completed after two years.

There is no need for Roque to report these matters to Philip. Philip's main energy now is also in the future Southern African Federation. Ade has reserved the position of Prime Minister of the Southern African Federation. There are still a lot of vacancies below. Philip's ambitions are getting more and more Big, unwilling to be limited to the Transvaal, and also hope to have a greater say in the future Southern African Federation.

Of course, this does not mean that Philip will resign from his position in the Transvaal. Serving in the Federal Government of Southern Africa will not affect Philip's continued tenure as Prime Minister of the Transvaal. Philip is now carefully training Owen, and hopes that Owen can be successful in the future. To succeed Philip and become the next Prime Minister of the Transvaal. Before that, Philip will definitely firmly control this position and absolutely not allow others to get involved.

Owen is the future Prime Minister of the Transvaal, and Roque is of course happy to see the success, so Roque is also very busy during this time. On this matter, Roque must maintain a high degree of agreement with Philip.

Unknowingly, Roque's influence in southern Africa is also growing. Among the four colonies in southern Africa, except for Orange controlled by the Boers, the remaining three are more or less related to Roque. Needless to say, Transvaal, through Stoudemire, Rock can also exert influence on Dr. Starr Jameson. During the counter-insurgency process in Natal, Rock and Isaiah Queller maintained a good relationship. Friendship, Roerko and Isaiah Queller remained in touch after the Natal Rebellion ended.

It happened to be Dr. Starr Jameson and Isaiah Queller who came to Pretoria to represent Cape and Natal, so Rock chose the first Sunday in May, at Stoudemire's A banquet is held in the mansion for Dr. Starr Jameson and Isaiah Queller.

Although Rock now spends most of his time in Nyasaland and Johannesburg, Rock is also the first batch of officials to come to the Transvaal, and he is very familiar with officials from various departments in Pretoria. Coupled with Henry's help, the scale of the banquet was a bit large.

At [-] o'clock in the evening, a steady stream of guests began to arrive at the Rhodes family's glorious manor in the outskirts of Pretoria.

The Umbrella Company was responsible for providing security for the banquet. In order not to arouse the disgust of the guests, the Umbrella Company used all white security guards, and those Gurkha mercenaries with stronger combat effectiveness were responsible for the peripheral security.

Rock was the host of the banquet, and Stoudemire and Henry were considered half-landlords, so the three of them appeared at the dinner together, and the atmosphere of the banquet immediately became lively.

Anyone can see the potential of Rock, Stoudemire and Henry.

Needless to say, Roque and Henry, one is Baron Nyasaland and the other is Baron Farwalt, and both of them are members of the Matilda family. In the current southern Africa, the Matilda family is undoubtedly the The top giants, even the Earl of Selborne and Viscount Halewood, must first consider Philip's opinion when considering the southern African issue.

Earl Selborne was in London during this period, so it was impossible to come to the banquet, but Adelaide and Philip both appeared at the banquet, which infinitely raised the standard of the banquet.

"Isaiah, long time no see—" Rock and Isaiah Quiller embraced warmly. Since the Natal rebellion, Rock and Isaiah Quiller haven't seen each other for nearly four years.

Four years have not diluted the relationship between the two. Isaiah Queller still has lingering fears when he thinks of the scene that happened four years ago.

At that time, if Roque hadn't led the Rhodesian Northern Division to Pietermaritzburg in time, maybe Pietermaritzburg had been captured by the rebels. As the administrative head of Natal, Isaiah Queller was not in the rebellion died, and was later responsible for the rebellion.

Now Isaiah Queller is the Prime Minister of Natal, and every time I think of the scene four years ago, Isaiah Queller is full of gratitude to Rock.

At this time, all the gratitude is reflected in a warm hug.

"It's been a long time indeed, Locke, should I call you Lord Gorka now, or should I call you Lord Nyasaland—" Isaiah Queller laughed loudly, obviously paying attention to Rock's news all the time .

This "Lord Gurkha" is a title awarded to Rock by the King of Nepal. In fact, it should be the Viscount Gurkha, but in the UK, all the dukes are lords, and they don't directly call the Viscount or Baron.

"Just call me Rock, this is southern Africa, not Nepal—" Rock didn't care what title Isaiah Queller used, what Rock cared about was Isaiah Queller's attitude.

Although Natal does not have much sense of presence in Southern Africa, Natal is also one of the four colonies in Southern Africa. Its status in Southern Africa is higher than that of Bechuanaland, Basutoland and Swaziland. Much higher.

So Isaiah Queller's attitude is still very important. If Isaiah Queller fully supports Transvaal and Philip, then it can be guaranteed that in the future Southern African Federation, Transvaal and Philip can win to the greatest possible voice.

So Rock unabashedly invited Isaiah Quiller to the small living room next to the banquet hall.

"Of course, Locke, of course I will support the Transvaal and Lord Matilda, otherwise it is impossible to support sick Dr. Starr Jameson, or annoying Boer ’” In the small living room, Isaiah Queller was unabashed.

Dr. Starr Jameson's performance at the Cape has proved that he is not a man to be trusted.

Isaiah Queller also didn't like the Boer. After experiencing the Natal Zulu rebellion, Isaiah Queller had lingering fears about all forms of war. In Isaiah Queller's view, Boolean People are the biggest unstable factor in southern Africa, so they will definitely not support the Boers.

Then the only ones who can support Isaiah Queller are the Transvaal and Philip. Although Isaiah Queller and Philip are not familiar with each other, Philip is Rock’s father-in-law. Supporting Philip is very suitable for Natal At least if there is another rebellion in Natal next time, Isaiah Quiller can send a telegram to Rock as soon as possible, but like a headless chicken, he pins his hopes on the illusory local reinforcements, and there is no Enter Colonial Minions of Combat Strength.

"Thank you Isaiah, I believe that the Southern African Federation will get better and better in the future!"

As soon as Isaiah Queller's words fell, Ad and Philip pushed the door with laughter, and Isaiah Queller was covered in cold sweat.

Your sister, if you said something wrong just now, will you be thrown into limbo from now on!

(End of this chapter)