Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 765 Toffee

Refugees taken in by Nyasaland are all settled in a refugee settlement near the North Sea border. This is also a three-way area, with the Congo Free State to the north, Nyasaland to the south, and Tanganyika to the east.

Since the rebellion broke out in the Congo Free State, a total of more than 1300 refugees have entered Nyasaland for refuge through various channels. It is unpleasant. Except for the refugees brought back by the Nyasaland water police, they took the initiative to go to Nyasaland Most of the refugees who took refuge were young and middle-aged, with few women and children, and almost no elderly people.

This situation makes Feng Xun, who is in charge of managing the refugee camp, in a bad mood.

"We lack enough medicine and food, and the number of tents is not enough. In addition, we have to apply for more reinforcements. There are now 1300 people here, but we have less than 30 people, and most of them are female police officers. Once something happens Problem, the consequences are unimaginable.” Feng Xun’s partner, Lu Shen, is a second lieutenant in the border guards. Originally, the high-level military thought that most of the refugees were women and children, so they sent female police officers to facilitate management, but unexpectedly, this was the case.

Fortunately, when these refugees entered the refugee camp, all their weapons were confiscated, otherwise there would be more hidden dangers.

"Food is easy to handle, so don't think about medicines, and we don't have extra medicines—" It's not that Feng Xun is cold-blooded, it's because the production of medicines is seriously insufficient these days, and the prices are very expensive. In the past, there were very few doctors. With the graduation of the Johannesburg School of Medicine, the shortage of doctors has finally been alleviated to some extent, but the shortage of medicines will not change in a short time.

"I want to drive all the men here back to the Congo Free State. They should go back and fight the rebels instead of hiding in the refugee camp like a coward." Lu Shen looked at the expressions of the men wandering around the refugee camp with nothing to do. gloomy.

This kind of situation is actually unavoidable. After all, men still have physical advantages. When encountering rebels, they can run faster, and the chance of escaping is naturally greater.

The problem is that in the face of disasters, the first thing is not to let the family escape, but the man who escaped alone is too despicable. The rebellion is like a magic mirror. There are soldiers who fought and died like Lied Bobby, and there are shameless escapes like refugee camps. coward.

In fact, not only the Belgians, but also the British. The former name of Oak Town in Cape Town was "City of Cowards". The garrison there were all deserters who performed poorly on the battlefield, so Oak Town is called this shame name.

"This is their own choice. I hope they will not be condemned by their conscience for the rest of their lives." Feng Xun also looked down on these people from the bottom of his heart, even the women and children in the refugee camps. These people have no right to live in tents Here, the food they get every day is one kilogram of potatoes per person, not even a bit of meat.

"All the men come and gather, come and gather—" A management officer took a list and asked all the men in the refugee camp to gather. This was the idea that Feng Xun and Lu Shen came up with. Nyasaland can't raise these people for nothing , Let them work in exchange for the right to asylum in Nyasaland, including women and children, and do what we can.

This is also a necessary operation. There are so many young and middle-aged people in the refugee camp who have nowhere to vent their energy. After a long time, accidents will definitely happen, so find a way to keep them busy, just like soldiers in the army have to do heavy exercise every day. Training It's just one purpose, and exerting energy is another purpose.

Otherwise, there are very few incidents of disturbing the people in the army in southern Africa. The soldiers are exhausted from training every day, and they fall asleep as soon as their heads touch the pillows, so naturally they have no energy to think about it.

"what's up?"

"Can't we just take a break—"

"Is it time to eat?"

Refugees complained that this group is the group with the most negative information. People with vision and ability have left the Congo Free State before the rebellion broke out. They have neither vision nor the ability to protect themselves and their families after the rebellion broke out. Meal time every day is their only expectation.

"Don't talk, line up in four rows in front of me, do you understand what is called a four-row line? Stand up, don't speak--" The male policeman who maintained order was hoarse, but it didn't help much. Many people here don't understand English, I don't know what four rows are, and I can't keep my mouth shut. The scene is chaotic like a vegetable market.

"Quiet, whoever understands English, stand up." Feng Xun was decisive. This kind of noisy scene is the most likely to cause accidents. Although the surrounding policemen are all armed with guns, more than 30 people are more than 300 people, and a few pistols are sincere. Not much effect.

"I know--"

"My father was British."

"I speak English, French and Dutch at the same time—"

Dozens of people immediately stood up. The common languages ​​in Belgium are French and Dutch, and German is also widely covered. Therefore, many Belgians can be called language experts, and it is normal to know three or four languages.

"Very good, now you listen, we are going to group you, and each of you is responsible for managing ten to fifteen people. From today onwards, you will work in exchange for your daily food, as well as those who have taken refuge in Nyasaland. Rights." Feng Xun has many ways, and using the barbarians to control the barbarians is the kingly way, there is no need to reason with these refugees, if they are reasonable people, they will not leave their families and run away alone.

"Let's work? That's too much!"

"I don't work at home—"

"With all the pig food you gave us—"

The latter sentence immediately won a burst of echoes, all complaining about how unpalatable potatoes are. As for whether the definition of "pig food" is appropriate, few people care.

"Those who don't accept the job can leave the refugee camp now, and they don't have to think about returning to Nyasaland privately. You should know that Nyasaland is not the Congo Free State." Feng Xun didn't talk nonsense. Most of the farmers are Chinese. White people without Nyasaland ID cards have difficulty walking in Nyasaland and will be arrested by the police in minutes.

Don’t try to resist in Nyasaland. The police in southern Africa have a high status. If the police encounter resistance when performing official duties, they can directly kill the resister without any criminal responsibility.

Compared with returning to the Congo Free State, the work is not unacceptable immediately. The next step is to divide into groups and then distribute the work. Today's task is to level the land around the refugee camp and build a public toilet at the same time.

I have to say that the hygiene habits of these people are really not very good. The Luxi River is next to the refugee camp. The first refugees who entered Nyasaland have been in Nyasaland for more than ten days. In the past ten days, few people have taken the initiative to take a bath by the river. The reason is that the river There are crocodiles or pythons in it, which will pose a danger to their personal safety.

What an amazing reason. In Nyasaland, crocodiles and pythons are not threats at all but wealth. In the past, Nyasaland was also full of crocodiles and pythons. Now the number of these large wild animals is so small that they need to be farmed. Nyasaland Lan’s farmer’s favorite thing is to team up to find crocodiles. An adult crocodile can be sold for about [-] rand as long as it is basically intact, no matter whether it is dead or alive. There are many powerful and powerful weapons, so the number of crocodiles has decreased so quickly.

When men are repairing toilets, women and children are cleaning. More than 1000 people produce a lot of various domestic waste every day. The work was resisting, but not unacceptable.

In the Congo Free State, Africans are responsible for these tasks. Now there are no Africans to be enslaved, so you have to do it yourself. Some people just sit on the ground and cry bitterly, but after crying, they still have to work. No food.

Two hours later it was time for lunch. Today’s lunch was not bad. Apart from potatoes, each of the men was given a piece of boiled salted fish. Besides the salted fish, the women and children also had two pieces of toffee produced in Johannesburg.

Belgian chocolate is still very famous. In the past, the toffee produced in southern Africa was probably not even seen by Belgians. Now toffee has become a rare luxury, and the price of sugar is still very expensive. Before the independence of East India The main economic pillar is sucrose. Now this part of the profit is monopolized by the East India Company. The price of sucrose in southern Africa has dropped sharply, which has led to the improvement of the quality of toffee.

The main problem is whether it is sweet or not. In the past, the production of toffee in Johannesburg was also very high, but with less sugar, it was not very sweet, and the market sales were not very good.

Now that there is more sucrose, the sales of toffee are gradually increasing. In time, toffee will also become a specialty of southern Africa.

Before evening, a Nyasaland Agricultural Company's inland transport ship brought in more supplies, as well as a hundred impromptu defense team members.

The joint defense team is the former militia. In southern Africa, the joint defense team is a powerful supplement to the National Defense Forces, especially in a border state like Nyasaland. Almost every adult male is a member of the joint defense team. This is a semi-professional Paramilitary groups, many of whom are ex-military personnel from the Wehrmacht and umbrella companies.

The joint defense team that came to support this time was led by Robert, who retired from the National Defense Forces. He previously served in the third division in Cape. After the third division was abolished, Robert did not choose to serve as an officer in the newly formed division, and he also rejected the police. Instead, he retired directly and returned to the farm on the shore of Lake Niassa to live a happy life of chopping firewood and feeding horses.

"Thank you for coming, Sir Robert—" Feng Xun finally breathed a sigh of relief. With the arrival of these joint defense team members, the female police officers can leave. The current refugee camp is too dangerous for the female police officers.

Let women go first when there is danger. This is the difference between Nyasaland and the Congo Free State.

(End of this chapter)