Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 695 Riot

Just like Philip said, if some people don't take the initiative to jump out, there is no reason for Rock to do it.

The biggest hidden danger of the federal government is the Boers. Although the federal government has given a lot of care to the Boers since its establishment, many Boers still think that the current federal government is a thief, stealing everything that originally belonged to the Boers, and then throwing them away. It is simply impossible to give the Boers some small profits and expect the Boers to be grateful.

Some officials, including the federal government, may believe that the gold mines in Johannesburg should belong to the Boers, and the gold dug out should be shared by all Boers.

For the same reason, they would also think that the farms in the Transvaal also belonged to the Boers. If there was no British annexation, the Boers should still enjoy a leisurely and rich pastoral life.

As well as Bigwig School, if there is no Rock's control, then the admission quota of Bigwig School should also belong to all Boers, instead of being divided up by whites and Chinese as it is now.

If you think so, then the current southern Africa is based on the plunder of the Boers, and it is now full of flowers.

Some people simply don’t know how to think or reflect, maybe it’s not because they can’t, but because they don’t want to, and they won’t admit that if it was still in the time of the Transvaal Republic, then the Bigwei Public School would never have appeared. The farms around Johannesburg wouldn't be drastically changed, and even the Rand Gold Mine wouldn't be as productive as it is now.

The last point is certain, if there is no Rock, the Rock Gold Mine would not be discovered until 1939, and the current Rand Bank was originally established on the basis of gold in the basement of the Rock Gold Mine, and if there is no Rand Bank, many of Rock's investments cannot be started, and industries in southern Africa cannot be discussed.

"You have to pay attention to Johannesburg. Someone is trying to set up a workers' association, which will have an important impact on the gold mines in Johannesburg." Philip reminded Rock that the workers' association is the natural enemy of capitalists.

"I know."

"you know?"

"Yes, I know!" Rock is in control of everything, and Brad's office is not vegetarian.

Don't look at the Rock people in Nyasaland, but they know the situation in Johannesburg very well. This association was initiated by two Boers, one named Phoebe Lask and the other named Sean Nehemiah.

Phoebe Lasker was a mine owner during the Republic of Transvaal. After the Boer War, Phoebe Lasker’s gold mine was bought by Stoudemire at a low price. Phoebe Lasker later joined the political arena and is now Oran Members of the governing council.

Sean Nehemiah is a top student who graduated from Cambridge University. After graduating from Cambridge five years ago, he returned to Bloemfontein and opened a law firm. He is now a well-known lawyer in Orange and a member of the Orange Parliament. .

Because the main population of Orange is Boers, Rock has been paying close attention to Orange, and these two people have been under the surveillance of Brad's office.

About a month ago, after the Umbrella Corporation took military action against the Port of Medan, Phoebe Lasker and Sean Nehemiah began to advocate in the newspapers that workers’ associations should be established in southern Africa to protect the interests of workers .

The proposal had a market only within Orange, and outside Orange it had no repercussions, and no other newspapers outside Orange were even interested in discussing it.

In fact, there is a workers' association in southern Africa, and it was established very early. It was established before the outbreak of the Boer War. However, this workers' association is different from the workers' association proposed by Phoebe Lasker. The official name of the Southern African Workers' Association is The Society of Engineers, whose members are mainly technical personnel facing all enterprises in Southern Africa.

The workers association proposed by Phoebe Lasker is mainly aimed at the miners in the gold mines in Johannesburg. Most of these miners are Zulus. They are not even recognized by the federal government and are not citizens of southern Africa, so Naturally, there is no qualification to become a member of the association.

The Society of Engineers in Southern Africa, the main purpose is to train more technical personnel for Southern Africa. In Southern Africa, there is a large gap between electrical engineers and mechanical engineers. The Society of Engineers is in Little Rock, Salisbury, Johannesburg, Pretoria Leah and Cape Town have engineer training courses. Anyone who is interested in the profession of engineers can go to the training courses, and all courses are free, and the Association of Engineers provides funds for the operation of the training courses.

Over the years, the Society of Engineers of Southern Africa has trained thousands of engineers for Southern Africa. The Society of Engineers has more than 5 full members and is the second largest non-governmental organization in Southern Africa, second only to the Southern African Rifle Association.

It is also known from the name that the Southern African Rifle Association is a non-governmental organization supported by the Nyasaland military-industrial group. This organization has a scale of nearly one million people. Almost all farmers in southern Africa are members of the Rifle Association. The Rifle Association Regular training will be provided to members to improve their ability to use various weapons. All shops selling weapons in southern Africa are also members of the Rifle Association. Members can enjoy discounts that only members have when buying weapons in the gun shop.

"The Dutch's colonial rule in the East Indies is collapsing, so it's normal for the Dutch to incite the Boers in Orange to make trouble. Now those who jump out are all young people. I want to wait and see if there are any big fish." Rock There is no need to hide it from Philip. As members of the Matilda family, Roque and Philip are both prosperous and detrimental.

The Boers are the descendants of the Dutch. The grievances between the UK and the Netherlands have a long history. Although the Boers are now British nationals, there must be some Boers who sympathize with the Netherlands. The East India is now a fuse, and Rock doesn’t know it. To what extent things will evolve, let's wait and see.

"Pay attention to control, and don't cause too much impact." Philip has a request. Rock can put a long line to catch big fish, but it can't cause bad impact.

"I know—" Rock has a sense of proportion, and will control the impact in Orange State, and will not spread to surrounding areas.

After all, the influence of the Boers in Orange is limited. The Cape is the private land of the British. The Zulus and Boers in Basutoland are also feuds. The Boers have almost no influence in the Transvaal and Bechuanaland. So even if the situation in Orange deteriorated, it would not deteriorate much.

After all, most Boers have accepted the status quo, and the ambitious Boers have been exhausted after the Boer War. That is to say, some Boers who lost power after the war, but are still looking for opportunities, but they are not willing to be lonely. With the development of southern Africa, the opportunities for these Boers are becoming less and less.

While Rock and Philip were walking, a dozen Boers were half drunk in a bar in the center of Bloemfontein.

"We should start a riot and let the outside world really hear our voices, instead of hiding in dark corners like mice and complaining to ourselves, the British took everything from us, those yellow monkeys stole our farms, we The children do not even have the right to education, the federal government has never met the demands of our Boers, Orange has not enjoyed the care of the federal government, we must take the initiative to stand up for our own interests!" Phoebe La Ske is a tall, middle-aged fat man with severe baldness and a standard Mediterranean hairstyle. He has a serious beer belly because of his alcoholism, and now his eyes are a little red from alcohol stimulation.

"Phoebe, calm down. We should make our demands peacefully." Sean Nehemiah didn't drink too much. He was wearing a pair of short-sighted glasses with gold-rimmed frames. In a wide sofa, it is like a poisonous snake hiding in the dark and choosing to bite.

"A peaceful way will not have any results. We have already put forward our demands in the newspapers. As you can see, except for the newspapers in Orange, other newspapers are not even interested in discussing them. They actually don't care about our demands at all. , Some damn guy controls the largest circulation newspaper in the Federation, and the newspaper will not publish news against him at all. We all know who controls the gold mines in Johannesburg. The Mining Union is the damn accomplice. The gold that was supposed to be ours is going to give us back the gold mines with a lot of drinking? No, I should have blown up the mines instead of selling them cheap." Phoebe Lasker regretted it, Bull On the eve of the outbreak of the war, Phoebe Lasker fled to the Netherlands for asylum, but when he returned to southern Africa, he was already a changed person and had to sell the gold mine to the De Beers Consolidated Mining Company.

Now Phoebe Lasker's gold mine is shining brightly in the hands of De Beers Consolidated Mining Company, and the annual gold production is among the best among all gold mines in Johannesburg. Whenever I think of this, Phoebe Lasker feels painful .

"Mr. Lasker, you should really listen to Mr. Nehemiah's advice." Someone nearby persuaded him that the secret police in southern Africa are all-pervasive. If Phoebe Lasker's words spread, everyone present would be in trouble.

"Listen to me gentlemen, remember the volunteers from Europe during the war? They're ready again, and as soon as we raise an uprising, more and more volunteers will join, Southern Africa has expanded all these years, It has become the public enemy of the surrounding area, and now there is a lack of someone who raises his arms." Phoebe Lasker was raising his arms and shouting, but few people responded, so the scene was a bit awkward.

"Phoebe, this is not the situation before the war broke out." Sean Nehemiah was helpless. There was really nothing anyone could do about this kind of pig teammate.

(End of this chapter)