Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 677

This is a lounge with an area of ​​about [-] square meters. Several dark brown single sofas are placed against the wall. There is a coffee table on the right hand side of the sofa, and a tall potted plant on the left hand side. Each room has a decent amount of private space.

There is a cup of hot coffee and a plate of scones on the coffee table next to Li Wan. Just now, when the blonde beauty in uniform brought them over, she smiled at Li Wan. Now the beauty is working behind the desk outside the door. Li Wan thought she was very kind, because almost all the white people Li Wan had met before were arrogant and domineering, and only when they faced white people would they show the smile just now.

If Li Wan knew that there was a pistol in the desk drawer in front of the blonde beauty, then Li Wan probably wouldn't think so.

Hanging on the wall opposite Li Wan is a huge world map. The map uses the most eye-catching colors to show the sphere of influence of Adan Company. Except for sporadic dots, most of the peninsula has been painted red, and Even the Port of Medan, the small half of Sumatra Island including the Port of Medan was also painted red, which shocked Li Wan.

"Sir, please take a rest here, Mr. Andy is receiving guests." The blonde beauty at the door attracted another guest.

Li Wan couldn't help being a little embarrassed. The person who just came over was Ling Zhi, the largest farmer in Medan. It is estimated that this person also ran over just after the meeting.

Ling Zhi smiled at Li Wan without saying hello, then leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes to rest his mind. When the blond beauty brought coffee over, she hurriedly got up to thank her.

I don't know if I ran out of scones, but the blond beauty sent me coffee instead of scones.

The two of them didn't speak, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward, but it didn't last long, and soon someone came to visit Andy, this time two Chinese mercenary officers in uniform.

"Do you mind?" A uniformed officer gestured to Li Wan and Ling Zhi with a pack of cigarettes.

"Please, please." Li Wan and Ling Zhi were both sincere and fearful.

Then the two officers puffed, and one of them asked the blonde for an ashtray.

"I can't restrain myself, the cigarettes distributed to you are a bit too much." The blond beauty sent an ashtray over angrily, her face was as cold as ice, and she was obviously disgusted with this kind of behavior.

Although disgusted, it does not affect the work, and the complaint is also because of the familiarity, and the intimacy is actually hidden in the coquettish tone.

The two Chinese officers just laughed, and the younger one was more enthusiastic: "Go to dinner together after get off work?"

"Wait until when you quit smoking." The blond beauty didn't directly refuse, this time the treatment was even worse, not even coffee.

The two officers didn't mind, they crossed their legs and chatted.

"The army here is a bit weak. Our team didn't fire a single shot when we went to Lansha a few days ago, and those servants ran away—"

"So what if you don't run away, you were arrested and repaired the road?"

"Yesterday I ransacked the homes of two earth kings. Those guys are very rich. They just don't know if the land here will be sold in the future. If it is sold early, it will be sold early, or if the price spreads in the country, it will be speculated to the sky. .”

"The land here is too remote, and the income is probably not very good."

"It's better if it's remote. It's cheaper if it's remote. Johannesburg is not remote. Can you afford it?"

"Then what can we do, people come early, those of us who come late can only drink some soup."

"We're not too late in Medan—"

"We still have to go to Lord Ferguson for a loan and buy a plantation of [-] acres here. We will be able to make a living in the future. After retiring, we will come here for the elderly. I just don't know if there is a public school here."

"Don't worry about it. There are public schools in places like Port Elizabeth. There will definitely be public schools in Medan in the future, but the quality of teaching is hard to say. We still have to send our children back to Nyasaland to go to school."

"You don't even have a wife, where did you get the child?"

"It's not easy to want a wife, there are so many female slaves in Port Elizabeth—"

The two officers chatted casually, and Li Wan and Ling Zhi listened attentively.

"Mr. Li, Mr. Ling, please come with me—" The blond beauty came over to call someone, her eyes stared at the one who just mentioned the female slave, and there were flying knives.

"I'm so clean and self-sufficient, I never half-hearted." Just now, the slave girl's desire to survive is still very high.

Li Wan and Ling Zhi didn't listen to the licking dog kneeling and licking, and followed the blonde beauty to meet Andy.

Andy sat behind the desk, with the Union Jack flag and the southern African flag hanging on the wall behind him. This was the first time Li Wan and Ling Zhi saw the southern African flag.

"Please sit down—" Andy didn't get up, but just raised his hand to signal.

"Thank you." Li Wan and Ling Zhi sat down on the chairs opposite the desk, both of which only sat on half of their buttocks.

"You are all smart people, so I won't talk nonsense. Do you understand the situation in Medan?" Andy cut to the chase. Everyone is busy and has no time to go around in circles.

Both Li Wan and Ling Zhi nodded. Li Wan came a little later and also came for many years. Ling Zhi is a native of Medan. His ancestors came to Medan, and he knows the situation of Medan very well.

"Very good. Let me first explain that the Adan Company is different from the Dutch. The Dutch are short of manpower and weak in national power, so they rely on the local king to rule East India. We Adan Company does not. You should know that we have always been in southern Africa. After immigrating from the Qing Dynasty, there are also many Chinese in East India, so we don’t need to rely on the earth kings. These earth kings must be eliminated, and there are also half-hearted Chinese farmers. Maybe you are not used to the way our Adan company works. It doesn't matter, you can get used to it slowly." Andy is decisive, the biggest advantage of the Chinese is the population, when there are many people and the land is small, the population is a burden, and when the population is small and the land is large, the population is an advantage.

Both Li Wan and Ling Zhi were a little shocked. The traditional Chinese pay attention to subtle influence and conquer the world with kingly ways. The Chinese in East India have lived under the colonial rule of the Dutch for a long time. Most of the time they have to swallow their anger and be cautious. They have never been so high-profile. .

However, Li Wan and Lexus are not ordinary people who dare to stand up and join Adan Company when the situation is still unclear, especially Li Wan. Compared with the older Lexus, Li Wan's attitude is obviously more radical.

"Great, I've had enough. I've been exploited by the Dutch every day when I start a business. There are endless kinds of taxes. After a business trip, the money I make is not as much as the tax I paid. Those local kings are also bastards." Damn, pick us Chinese, anyone can bully us Chinese—" Li Wan cursed when he mentioned the Dutch, and he probably suffered a lot these years.

"We also have to pay taxes here—" Andy poured cold water on it. Taxes are the lifeblood, and both the Dutch and the Adan Company attach great importance to them.

Of course, the tax collected by Adan Company is definitely not as high as that of the Dutch, at least something like "butt tax" can't afford to lose that person.

"Then I admit it too, at least leave it to our own people, it's better than those cheap bastards." Li Wan's fat water does not flow to outsiders.

"Mr. Andy, we Chinese in East India have been bullied by the Dutch for too long. In the past, half of us Chinese in East India accounted for less than [-]% of them. Ling is not talented, and his family has a little money. Give us East Indian Chinese a bright future." Lexus is mature and knows what Andy wants.

"Don't worry, my lord never treats my own people badly. Maybe you don't know that the Chinese brought to southern Africa by my lord are now all landlords. They live a very good life. It's the same in our East India. Ah Dan Company needs money, but it will never cheat its own people, and those local kings all have a lot of money, so try to get them to spend it—"Andy has a way of making money, and everyone wants to steal from the rich and give to the poor.

These earth kings in East India are actually former tribal chiefs, or those kings written in history books. These tribes or countries are not big, and there are deep conflicts between them, and conflicts often break out until now.

The reason why the Dutch were able to occupy the East India was mainly because the East India did not form a unified country, and the various tribes were not united and could not form a joint force.

After the Dutch occupied the East Indies, this situation did not change. In order to facilitate the rule of the Dutch, the Dutch did not even enforce the Dutch language in the East Indies, because they were afraid that the various tribes in the East Indies would unite and affect the rule of the Dutch.

Adan Company does not have this concern. There are many Chinese in East India in this era. As Lexus said just now, Chinese once accounted for half of the total population of East India, so the Dutch are so afraid of the Chinese.

Unlike the Dutch colonial government, the Chinese are the natural allies of Adan Company. Don’t underestimate farmers like Lexus. There are a large number of Chinese in the plantations in East India. It is a huge force to organize these Chinese. Going Dutch is actually very easy.

"I'm afraid they won't take—" Ling Zhi still doesn't know how far Adan can do it.

"It's not easy to find a reason?" Andy laughed dumbly. Lexus probably wasn't used to being a villain.

It doesn't matter, there is always a process of adaptation from obedient people to rulers. The Chinese in East India have been silent for too long, and it will take time for them to change in a while.

"Those earth kings have thugs—" Li Wan is more on the road, but there are also practical difficulties.

"I'll give you 100 people each, and you'll have to form an army later—" Andy is generous. These 100 people are not only the backbone of the army, but also to protect Li Wan and Ling Zhi.

In the current situation in East India, some people are willing to take refuge in Adan Company, and there must be some people who have been under the rule of the Dutch for a long time and are used to being obedient citizens. Li Wan and Ling Zhi are buying horse bones with thousands of dollars. At this time, they must be protected, otherwise something will go wrong. , Adan Company lost all face.

"We don't have weapons—" Lexus also understood the truth that power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

"Don't worry about this issue—" Andy smiled, but he didn't dare to say anything else. There are enough weapons, as many as you want.

(End of this chapter)