Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 654 Blossoms and Fruits

Ceci Wodehouse said that no inch of land in Germany is superfluous, and the same is true for Britain. The British desire for land is also endless, otherwise there would be no empire where the sun never sets.

Although southern Africa is self-governing in name, it is still part of the British Empire. Otherwise, the British government would not have the right to send Viscount Gladstone over as governor.

Since he is the governor of Southern Africa, of course he must consider the interests of Southern Africa. Southwest Africa and Tanganyika are not convenient to do it for a while. Portuguese West Africa and the Congo Free State are fine. Speaking of which, Portugal and Belgium The two countries also picked up the loopholes to occupy these two large colonies in Africa. The United Kingdom has never been able to find a reason, so it is inconvenient to attack Portugal and Belgium.

Compared with the brutal colonial scrambles in the past, Southern Africa's annexation of Portuguese East Africa is obviously more concealed, more thorough, and more speechless. It made many people see another possibility, and Viscount Gladstone was obviously more interested, otherwise he would not confuse Rock to attack the Portuguese and Belgians.

"West Africa and the Congo Free State are indeed good, but Port Elizabeth is not bad. While we expand our sphere of influence on the peninsula, it will not affect our penetration into West Africa and the Congo Free State." Viscount Ston easily changed the plan with a few words.

In fact, after the upheaval in East Africa, West Africa and the Congo Free State have been guarding against death, maintaining a high degree of vigilance against southern Africa, and have even interrupted personnel exchanges between the two places, out of fear of Nyasaland’s infiltration of West Africa and the Congo Free State.

But infiltration is unavoidable. Nyasaland did not send whites and Chinese to infiltrate West Africa and the Congo Free State. All they sent were Africans under Yaya.

This poses a huge problem for the Portuguese and the Belgians. If the Portuguese and the Belgians have the ability to maintain stability in the country, then the Portuguese and the Belgians are capable. If the Africans in West Africa and the Congo Free State rise up, the Portuguese will If the Portuguese and the Belgians are unable to control the situation, it is only natural for the Portuguese and the Belgians to lose West Africa and the Congo Free State.

Britain admits that the Portuguese and the Belgians occupied West Africa and the Congo Free State respectively, but it has no obligation to assist the Portuguese and the Belgians to maintain the stability of the colonies. If the Portuguese and the Belgians cannot keep their colonies, then don’t blame others. To live up to expectations, you can't blame someone for secretly instigating.

During the Boer War, other European countries watched the jokes of Britain together. Some people even organized volunteers to fight in southern Africa and directly supported the Transvaal and Orange. It is self-deception to say that some countries did not participate.

Viscount Gladstone didn't expect to see the effect immediately, it was enough to know that Rock had made a move.

After finishing the investigation in Port Edward, Viscount Gladstone and Roque took the train to Xuanji City together.

The focus of the inspection in Xuanji City must be Nyasaland University. The entire Xuanji City is built around Nyasaland University, but Nyasaland University is not in the center of Xuanji City, but in Xuanji City near Xuanji Lake side.

Because the professors of Nyasaland University come from all over the world, Xuanji City is the most culturally tolerant city in Nyasaland, and even the whole southern Africa, with the most diverse architecture, the deepest heritage and the most promising city.

After all, the income of most professors is still very high, so there are more cars parked on both sides of the streets of Xuanji City.

Of course, most of the cars in Xuanji City are not high-profile and luxurious lord cars, but the civilian models launched by the Nyasaran Automobile Group - the Beetle.

This "Beetle" is exactly the same as the Beetle in Rock's memory. As one of the most classic models in the 1938th century, the Beetle was produced in another time and space from 2003 to [-]. There is no doubt about its tenacious vitality. So Roque didn't bother to design it at all, and directly took the shape of the Beetle and launched it grandly.

In this time and space, this is the original of Southern Africa.

Compared with the Lord car, the Beetle has reduced a lot of unnecessary luxury configurations, and there are no gold diamonds for decoration, which greatly reduces the cost of the Beetle. A top-equipped Lord car on the market can sell for [-] rand , a most basic version of the Beetle costs only [-] rand.

Of course, this price is only available in southern Africa. If you go out of southern Africa, even if you go to Madagascar across the sea, the price of the Beetle will soar to [-] pounds. Whether you like it or not.

The price of [-] rand is no pressure for the professors in Nyasaland. Many students even gritted their teeth and bought a car from the Rand Bank with their student ID cards. Therefore, there are a lot of cars in Xuanji City .

At this time, when Rock built Xuanji City, it was necessary to require the main street to be at least 50 meters wide.

In fact, the 50-meter-wide street, without the two-way six-lane lanes, the sidewalks on both sides, and the green belts on the road, are also very compact. The municipal government has never been lenient in this regard. If you are fined, even if you have more than three people when shopping, you have to queue up consciously. If you fail to do this, the consequences in Nyasaland will be very serious. Half of the punishment is a fine plus public services.

Considering the general income level of Xuanji City, fines start at five points at least. The most common job of public service is to sweep the streets, and don't even think about being lazy and doing foreign work. Someone will supervise you when you work. If the work is not clean , If the task cannot be completed, the time will be doubled.

Whether they are Chinese or Caucasians, they are very sensitive to money and time, so in a short period of time, Xuanji City began to become neat and orderly, and those students and new immigrants who have just arrived in Xuanji City will also have someone to remind them Things to pay attention to in Xuanji City, and the punishment for violating relevant regulations.

So what Viscount Gladstone saw was an extremely orderly city, with cars parked neatly on both sides of the street, cars, carriages, and trams driving on the road at a moderate speed, and pedestrians consciously parked in front of the sidewalk to wait for the traffic police Let's go, although the whole city is not spotless, but the hygienic situation is still very different from Cape Town.

Compared with European cities, the gap is even greater. London, as the most developed city in Europe, is still known as the "fog capital". Compared with London, many cities in Nyasaland are simply paradise. Viscount Gladstone sat In the lord's car, even a faint fragrance of flowers could be smelled, which made Viscount Gladstone intoxicated.

As a city centered on universities, the commercial atmosphere of Xuanji City is not strong. There are only two or three streets in the whole city that make up the commercial area, and the rest of the streets are surrounded by residential communities or green parks.

There are no row upon row of skyscrapers in the residential communities here, and more resident families still live in the most common two-story wooden buildings in southern Africa.

Because the municipal government has no restrictions on the use of land, the area of ​​each household is quite large. Basically, the main house has a lawn in front and a garden in the back. Some families have outdoor swimming pools, and more and more Every family has an independent garage. Few people in the city raise horses. Even those who like horses usually keep them on farms in the suburbs of the city.

Viscount Gladstone's first stop was Nyasaland University. At this time, the person who introduced Viscount Gladstone was replaced by Professor Douglas, accompanied by Rock and the belated Martin.

"Nyasaland University now has nearly 2000 students, and there are almost [-] graduates this year. Those who need high-level talents can work hard now—" Professor Douglas just opened his mouth, and Rock and Martin glared at him.

Neither Roque nor Martin has forgotten the grand occasion when the first two graduates of Nyasaland University graduated. The training class is different. This time the graduates have basically received a complete university education, and their quality is higher than that of the previous two sessions. It is estimated that the competition between all parties will be more intense.

This year, in addition to the federal government and the state capital of Nyasaland, the state governments of several other states are expected to join the battle. It sounds like 2000 people are quite a lot. There are only a few states plus the federal government, and there are not many graduates that can be allocated to each state.

Fortunately, in the next few years, it is estimated that this situation will improve. In two years, the University of Good Hope in Cape Town, Rhodes University in Rhodesia, and Rand University in Johannesburg will graduate one after another. At that time, the talent shortage in southern Africa will be greatly alleviated.

Cape of Good Hope University, Rhodes University, and Rand University have just been established in the past two years, but compared with Nyasaland University in terms of strength, it is much worse, not only in terms of hardware facilities, but also in terms of teachers. Many professors of Nyasaland University are elites who have worked in the field of university education in European countries for many years. Some of the lecturers of these newly established universities are even graduates who have just graduated from Nyasaland University. Therefore, these universities It will not shake Nyasaland University's position in the field of university education in Southern Africa, and will even make Nyasaland University's graduates more sought-after.

Next, Professor Douglas introduced the hardware facilities of Nyasaland University: "Nyasaland University covers an area of ​​800 acres. Now there are four national laboratories, twelve colleges, and more than 30 employees. Students, each of our colleges has its own library, and each library has a collection of more than [-] books. Each college also has its own printing factory, gym, swimming pool, theater and cinema, and the school’s affiliated hospital has been put into use last year. , A comprehensive stadium has just been built this year, and the indoor gymnasium is also under planning. In the next five years, no, three years, within three years, we will build Nyasaland University into a world-class university.”

Professor Douglas is ambitious, but obviously not as ambitious as Viscount Gladstone: "I think Nyasaland University is already a world-class university—"

Indeed, from what Viscount Gladstone saw, Nyasaland University's background and prospects are no less than those of famous universities in Europe.

The background and prospects of a university are mainly reflected in the school's hardware and software facilities. In this regard, Nyasaland University is no different from those famous universities in Europe. The facilities are better and more advanced.

In terms of software facilities, perhaps the average age of professors at Nyasaland University is relatively young, and the level of professional titles seems to be a bit overflowing with "professors" because of the special situation in southern Africa, but this does not mean that the faculty at Nyasaland University is weak On the contrary, Nyasaland University has recruited many depressed backbones from Europe over the years, and the famous European universities have lost a lot of teachers. As one goes down, the level of Nyasaland University will naturally rise.

Compared with the hardware and software facilities, the quality of students has an absolute relationship with the school's performance. Now the students of Nyasaland University have basically received a complete primary and secondary education. In terms of comprehensive quality, they are comparable to major European universities Considering the talents of Chinese students in reading, it can even be said that the overall quality of Nyasaland University students is higher than that of those students from famous European schools.

That is to say, Nyasaland University has just been born, and there are still enough graduates to enter the society, and the influence is not large enough, but the scale of nearly ten thousand students is undoubtedly a first-class level in terms of number. More and more students are graduating and entering the society, exerting greater and greater influence. Sooner or later, Nyasaland University will become a world-renowned university like Oxford and Cambridge.

All teachers and students at Nyasaland University firmly believe in this.

"Not yet, our strength in scientific research is not enough. The current four national laboratories are biological, mechanical power, materials, and agricultural laboratories. We strive to build more national and laboratory laboratories in the next five years. Only then will we be able to compete with those world-renowned universities in Europe.” Professor Douglas now knows how to be humble.

In fact, there is no need to underestimate yourself in this regard. The biological laboratory of Nyasaland University now has Nobel-level scientific research results, and not one, but several, so Professor Douglas is still very confident in this regard.

As for mechanical power, this is the pride of Nyasaland University. The rapid development of Nyasaland's industry is precisely because of the continuous results of the mechanical power laboratory, so southern Africa will have a steady stream of new products. The engines used in Nyasaland's cars, airplanes, and ships are all produced by Nyasaland, which is the result of the mechanical power laboratory.

(End of this chapter)