Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 731

Louis Botha is not very clear about the situation in Nyasaland. At least the living standards of Transvaal farmers are far higher than that of British civilians, comparable to the British middle class.

In the UK, middle-class families account for about 15.00% of the whole society.

During this period, Britain had not yet established a social welfare system, and it would not be gradually established until after World War II. The living standards of British civilians were very miserable, and it would be good to fill their stomachs, otherwise there would not be so many child laborers in factories.

In southern Africa, the group corresponding to the lower class people in the UK is Africans. If there were no large and almost free Africans to drive, southern Africa would not be able to develop so fast. Rock’s so-called sacrifice of one or two generations, The sacrifices were also Africans, and Rock would not give up if he really wanted to sacrifice the Chinese.

After realizing this problem, Louis Botha had a new assessment of the strength of the Chinese in southern Africa.

Although there is no specific data, Louis Botha knows very well that the number of Chinese in southern Africa has exceeded the total number of whites. Unlike the Africans who are submissive, the Chinese in southern Africa have the right to vote. However, as the strength of all aspects increases, the Chinese will certainly openly express their interests one day in the future. When the time comes, where will the Boers go?

This is a very serious problem.

In the afternoon, Rock and Louis Botha took the train to Little Rock. At this time, they took Rock's special train, which of course inevitably attracted complaints from Louis Botha.

"I bought the train with my own money, and I didn't ask the federal government to pay for it. What are you complaining about?" Rock was confident. The money he earned was not borrowed, and no one could control how he spent it.

"As an official of the federal government, don't you have to pay attention to your own image?" Louis Botha couldn't understand Rock's behavior of always being a special train.

"What do you think a top British aristocrat in southern Africa should look like?" Rock laughed loudly, Louis Botha was in a cocoon.

"That's right, I overcorrected—" Louis Botha immediately realized that if Rock was low-key and simple, it would not be in line with his personality.

In fact, it’s really not that Roque is extravagant. Unlike the Ministry of Agriculture where Louis Botha works, the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Justice are still very busy. Every time Roque travels, besides a huge security team, he also has to bring The staff of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Justice are equipped to handle official duties at any time, and Rock will not make mistakes by himself. The housekeeper and cook are all carried with him, and there are more than a dozen cars, which are pulled on the train at any time. It can be used at any time at any time, and it really takes a special train to hold it.

Louis Botha is much simpler. In the case of southern Africa, the Ministry of Agriculture is just a decoration. The Ministry of Agriculture cannot interfere with how the farmers’ farms operate. Running a farm is technically a layman, so Louis Botha is really envious of Rock.

Money is good, and the problems that cannot be solved by ourselves are left to experts. The Ministry of Agriculture does not even have the funds to hire experts.

"Flowing money can generate profits, rich people have to continue to consume, the government can have taxes, so as to better serve everyone, businessmen can also invest in profits to expand reproduction, workers can also earn income to support their families, and the salary you receive There may be my taxes here, so treat me with respect, I am a taxpayer." Rock is proud, it's really easy for foreign trade fools to fight guerrillas.

In this regard, Louis Botha really has nothing to say. As the Minister of Agriculture, Louis Botha's annual income is 1000 rand, which is the absolute top level in southern Africa. There are no more than [-] people in this income level in southern Africa. people.

Compared with Roque, Luis Botha's income is much worse. Last year, Roque paid more than 5 yuan in taxes alone. This must be the figure after various legal tax avoidance, so Roque is right. Yes, Louis Botha really wants to show some respect to Roque.

"Dear taxpayer, please have tea—" Louis Botha is also a wonderful person, and he respects it immediately.

Rock accepted it with peace of mind. In fact, Louis Botha was also a taxpayer, and personal income tax became a fixed tax in Britain in 1874.

Southern Africa also has personal income tax, and the higher the income, the higher the tax payment ratio. For high-income groups such as Louis Botha and Roque, the personal income tax ratio is around 40.00%.

Of course, the high income here is high income in the literal sense. There is no way to measure commercial income. With so many companies under Roque’s name, to calculate the specific annual income requires a huge accounting team like Rand Bank. Roque It is true that he can make a lot of money in the business field, but Rock is making large-scale investments every year, and the money he earns is spent after changing hands. Although the wealth is growing, he does not need to pay taxes. This is the so-called legal tax avoidance.

Another way of legal tax avoidance is charity. This method was invented by the Americans. If you donate your income, you don’t need to pay taxes. That’s why the richest people in the United States have charitable foundations under their names, and they donate the income earned by the company. Donating money to the charitable foundation under his name is equivalent to handing over his left hand to his right, and then the charitable foundation finds a project and spends a small amount of money every year, which can not only attract fame but also make profits.

Since the UK is also a capitalist country, Roque is not exempt, so there is now a charitable foundation under Roque's name, and it was established with Stoudemire. Many hospitals and schools in Nyasaland and Rhodesia are foundations will donate.

"When are you going to develop the farm purchased by Bechuanaland in Orange?" Louis Botha was very itchy for unscrupulous capitalists like Rock. Over 550 million farm acres were purchased within the territory, representing 30.00% of Orange State's arable land area.

Rock's unscrupulousness lies in the fact that he would rather waste the land than develop it after buying the land.

Rock's family doesn't care about the big business, so the Orange State government can't help it. If the land is not developed, it can't generate profits. Rock can wait for the land to appreciate, and the finances of the Orange State government will become more and more tight. Apart from Louis Botha Secretary of Agriculture and Governor of Orange State.

Even according to the previous resettlement standards, the Bechuanaland Agricultural Company’s land in Orange can accommodate at least 1 immigrant families. As far as the situation of Chinese immigrants is concerned, 1 families are 10,000+ people. It is a habit that these 10,000+ people will not be resettled and left alone, and will continue to build schools, hospitals, roads and bridges, then the financial situation of the Orange State government will immediately improve.

Maybe it won't be reversed, at least improvement is a good trend.

"Sorry, I don't have money right now—" Rock had a good reason, and he couldn't do anything without money.

"Are you going to have no money?" Louis Botha's face was as dark as that of an African, and this reason was too perfunctory.

"I'm not God, so of course I don't have any money." Rock was indeed perfunctory, and his face was very ugly. If you don't accept it, come and bite me.

The corners of Louis Botha's mouth twitched, and he endured so much that he didn't make the sign of the cross in front of his chest. After that, he still had to be calm and aggrieved.

"Louis, it's not that I don't develop, but that there are too many Boers in Orange who have a bad attitude towards Chinese, and the personal safety of new immigrants resettled in Orange cannot be guaranteed, so I am really sorry, the public opinion and public security in Orange Before the situation improves, I will not resettle the new immigrants to Orange." Rock finally gave a reasonable explanation, but this made Louis Botha even more uncomfortable.

"South Africa has freedom of speech, and the state government can't do anything about it—" Louis Botha said this with a guilty conscience.

The so-called freedom of speech in the West is a joke. Newspapers and magazines are controlled by capitalists. Ordinary people who want to contribute to newspapers can’t even find the door of the newspaper office. The newspapers in Orange not only exclude Chinese, but also exclude British people. , exclusion of Africans, exclusion of everyone except Boers, downright racist.

But in this day and age, racism is political correctness.

"Then I can't help it—" Rock was not in a hurry, and decided to increase his purchases later.

It is really easy to buy a farm in southern Africa. After the Boer farmer in Orange sells the farm, he takes the money and goes to Canada and Australia. He can easily buy the next family business. Canada and Australia are purely white countries. , there are no disturbing Chinese and Africans, and it is more friendly to the Boers.

"That's not what I mean, I mean, the state government is trying to figure it out," Luis Botha put it another way.

"That's right, Bechuanaland Agricultural Company is also preparing to develop farms in Orange." Rock reciprocated, but to see actual actions, the Orange State Government still needs to continue to work hard, just to find a way No way.

"It's not that I'm trying to provoke the relationship between you Boers. Some of you Boers are indeed incompatible with the current southern Africa. The war has been over for ten years. Now there is actually no difference between the Boers and the British. Everyone All southern Africans must work hard to build a better southern Africa, but if you look at the current situation in Orange, they are stubborn and conservative, and some people are still immersed in unrealistic fantasies. Did the gold mines in Johannesburg belong to the Boers during the Republic of Lanswala? It never belonged to them, okay—” Rock is now thinking about the problem better than before, if it were ten years ago, or even five years ago , Roque will never accept the Boers.

It's different now. Rock now has to consider the issue from the perspective of the entire Southern Africa. Of course it would be better if the Boers are willing to integrate into Southern Africa. If they really don't want to, they should just leave Southern Africa.

(End of this chapter)