Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 7

If it were not arranged by the British, there is a high probability that the Chinese policemen would not be able to become roommates with the Indian policemen.

If you don’t get in touch with Indians, you don’t know how bad Indians’ living habits are. They are habitually lazy, and they will never sit when they can lie down. The promises given under any circumstances cannot be trusted, and the lack of hygiene is ridiculous, even if the hands for eating and washing the butt are separated, but putting these two things together sounds very unhygienic, and at the same time Indians They also lied, they always have all kinds of weird reasons, for example, Rock was hospitalized and Kunale had to rest, and Kunale probably felt that this request was reasonable.

Among the police equipment used by Rock and the others, there is a rattan woven from Indonesian rattan. This rattan was originally used by the British to teach Indians. During the experience, I finally realized that education is useless for Indians, so the British used canes to communicate with Indians, made mistakes, and fought!Disobedient, hit!Not pleasing to the eye, still fight!

Anton has not yet summed up the method of dealing with Indians, but Roque is no stranger, and he cannot be polite to Indians. Chinese people are always kind to people in their daily life. Humans will take this kind of politeness as a matter of course, just like keeping pets. If the owner does not punish the pet properly when it makes mistakes, then sooner or later, the pet will think that he is the owner.

Sitting in the spacious and bright room, Roque finally had a trace of peace in his heart, full of warmth and thoughts of sex—no, to plan ahead, Roque searched the whole body, only found five pounds plus fifteen shillings, this is Roque. all property of the gram.

Thanks to the strong currency value of the pound, one pound is about 3.9 taels of silver, and 5.75 pounds is about 22.6 taels of silver. This is a lot of money for the poor, but it is better than nothing for Rock, who wants to mix up his personality Well, relying on this little money is not enough, Roque has to find a way to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

Speaking of increasing income and reducing expenditure, after seeing the richness of the food in the cafeteria, Rock suddenly realized that it seemed that there was no need to invite everyone to have a dinner together. The food in the cafeteria was already rich enough, even if Rock went to buy it, it was only to this extent. In this case, Then buy everyone a drink.

Just do what you say, Rock goes out and asks Li De to go to the market together. There are dozens of people, and each cup costs dozens of catties. Rock doesn't want to carry it back alone.

In 1899, the British Empire was at its peak. In order to conquer the Boers, the British paid a total of 2.2 million pounds. Cape Town, as the center of the Cape Colony, should not be too rich in supplies. This can be seen from the working meals provided by the cafeteria One spot.

The prices at this time were also quite low. A catty of fresh wheat beer cost only six pence, black tea from India cost 24 pence a pound, Madame Veuve Clicquot champagne cost fifteen shillings a bottle, and a box of twenty Havana cigars cost only a pound.

Champagne and cigars are definitely high consumption for Rock now, and Rock is not interested in black tea from India, so Rock only bought beer, which cost 50 pounds for a total of 1.5 catties.

"It's too expensive. Such a little beer costs six or seven taels of silver. It's almost the same if you grab it tomorrow." Although Li De didn't spend the money, Li De still felt pain in his heart, for Rock.

"Hehe, you all have to support your family. I feed the whole family alone, so why do I need money?" In fact, Roque also suffers from pain, but for Roque, earning money is not very difficult. Ke is fluent in English, and it is not very difficult to find a foreign firm to make a living, but what kind of foreign firm can be more powerful than the British Empire. If you want to get ahead under the British, you can't do without some capital. More than 30 Chinese police officers in the Cape Town Police Department are Rock's capital.

"I've already saved five pounds, and if I have ten more, I can bring my mother to Cape Town, buy dozens of acres of good land, and let my mother live a good life for a few days." Li De Li Decai realized that the world is so big when he came to Cape Town. For most British people, the Cape Colony is a backwater, but for the Chinese, the Cape is a paradise.

Cape Town is located at the southernmost tip of the African continent. Before the opening of the Suez Canal, all ships traveling between Europe and Asia had to pass through Cape Town for rest and replenishment, so it formed the largest port in Africa, and business taxation is the economic pillar of Cape Town.

The main population of Cape Town is the Boers. In order to reduce the proportion of the local Boers’ population, the British have formulated many preferential conditions to attract immigrants. Unfortunately, most British people are not interested in the Cape Colony, so the British do not reject any foreigners. Immigrants, including Chinese, can buy land from the colonial government at a low price as long as they are willing to immigrate to the Cape.

"Do it well, there is a chance." Rock is not against immigration. Now it is 1899, and then the Qing Dynasty will continue to break out wars, which lasted for decades. Relatively speaking, Cape is a paradise, even if World War I and World War II did not affect Cape. If Rock had family members in the Qing Dynasty, Rock would bring his family to Cape as soon as possible.

Of course, immigration is not a simple matter. Rock and Li De are both from the north of the Qing Dynasty. The distance from Tianjin to Cape is more than [-] kilometers. The boat ticket is the main cost of immigration, and Rock and the Chinese police The monthly salary is only one pound, and it is not easy to save enough money for the boat ticket.

"It would be great if we were British. I heard that the British police can get ten pounds a month. I don't know how they spend that much money." Li De looked envious, ten pounds a month Salary is out of reach for Li De.

"Hehe, don't think that the British can get so much. This is Cape, a British colony, and it is thousands of miles away from the British mainland. The British police here are subsidized, and the police in the British mainland can't get it every month." If it reaches ten pounds, five or six will be enough." Rock doesn't believe that the British are so rich and powerful. The average income in the UK these days is only 32 pounds. Those who earn more than 100 pounds a year are considered to be the middle class. No matter how strong the British government is , and it is impossible for all British people to live a middle-class life.

Neither can America in the 21st century.

Back in the dormitory, Kunale hadn't come back yet, Roque didn't care, he was going to come back sooner or later, and was about to go out to find Anton to call for someone, when there was suddenly shouting and cursing from the next dormitory.

This scene is also very common. This is a gathering of Chinese policemen, and someone must have lost in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)