Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 777

Every year in southern Africa, [-] or [-] people are killed by startled horses, more than people killed by cars.

When Roque was the deputy minister of justice, he tried to promote legislation to ban large animals such as mules and horses from entering the city, but even the police department could not do it. After all, many cities in southern Africa now have mounted police, although there are more and more of them now. The Mounties no longer ride horses but motorcycles.

Therefore, the city during this period is a spectacle. Not only old horse-drawn carriages can be seen in the city, but also motorcycles, cars, and trucks that have just appeared not long ago. The popularity of bicycles is not high, and there are often trams on the streets. These trams belong to the urban public transportation system and have been common in many cities since they appeared in 1840.

The public transportation in southern Africa is very developed. There are railways, roads, and rivers connecting major cities. There are public carriages and trams in the city. The subway in Cape Town has begun to be laid, although it is later than the metropolitan subway in London. It has been around for nearly 50 years, but it is the first subway in the whole of Africa.

Pretoria is a transportation hub in southern Africa, with unimpeded access to Nyasaland in the north, Cape Town in the south, and Durban in the east. Now the railway between Pretoria and Walvis Bay is under construction. Laying, once completed, Southern Africa will realize the Grand Cross Railway that Adelaide has been obsessed with for ten years,

"—This is the situation in the Congo Free State. The Congo Party has occupied Leopoldville and Boma, and controlled the sea outlet of the Congo Free State. The inland area is still in a state of scuffle. There are as many as a dozen rebels in the territory. It is estimated that at least one million Congolese people died during this period. Some of our companies are in contact with the Congolese party and the rebels, trying to fill the gap left by the Belgian companies. It is estimated that the chaos in the Congo Free State will continue for some time. "Ad asked Rock not to ask Simon Kennan, but to care about the situation in the Congo Free State.

"This is the lesson. The Belgians are self-inflicted. Leopold II's extortion and brutality of Belgian companies have created the catastrophe of the Congo Free State. There are millions of Africans in our territory. How can we avoid similar tragedy in our southern Africa?" Compared with this incident, Simon Kennan is indeed insignificant.

After the war broke out in the Congo Free State, French Equatorial Africa, Southern Africa, Portuguese West Africa, Tanganyika, and Southwest Africa all raised their alert levels in order to prevent the riots in the Congo Free State from spreading to their respective territories, except for those in Southern Africa. In addition, other parties also have a tacit agreement not to contact the rebels in the Congo Free State.

Rock is confident. Thirty thousand whites rule 1000 million Africans in the Congo Free State, so as long as the Africans rise up to resist, the whites in the Congo Free State will have no power to fight back.

The total number of Chinese plus whites in southern Africa is about the same as that of Africans, so even if the Africans in southern Africa riot, the army can calmly deal with it with stronger organizations and more advanced weapons, just like the previous Natal rebellion Same.

"Our company is fundamentally different from Belgian companies. For Belgian companies, Africans are part of the means of production, so they cut off their hands, shoot them, and even massacre their villages; while Africans are cheap labor for our companies. Although it is cheap, it still has to be paid, and the implementation of this aspect is still very strict, so the relationship between our enterprises and Africans is much more relaxed than that of the Congo Free State, and this situation will not happen." In this regard, Roque Definitely have a say, Nyasaland's copper miners and most of the colonizers were African.

"You have to be careful. The Ministry of Defense still has troops composed of all Africans. These troops are very dangerous." This is the first time Adelaide has intervened in the work of the Ministry of Defense, and it cannot be regarded as meddling, just asking.

"Not all of them are Africans. The officers are still our own. Soldiers' weapons are not usually issued with ammunition. They are only issued in a rationed amount during training. They are not in the mood to make trouble. The daily work schedule is very tight. Even the rest time It’s not enough.” Rock has a way, those African soldiers are as tired as dead dogs every day, not to mention making trouble, they can fall asleep after a meal.

The work of African soldiers not only includes training, but also physical labor near the station, such as building roads, digging ditches, chopping trees, and so on. They can find things to do when they have nothing to do. Just like the engineering troops composed of conscripts, they are all cheap. Almost free labor.

It is precisely because of these engineering units that southern Africa has the capital to carry out large-scale infrastructure construction.

This is a useful attempt in southern Africa. The neighboring countries of southern Africa, such as Southwest Africa and the Congo Free State, rely on private capital to build railways just like the United States. In order to attract private investment, after the railway is completed, the land on both sides of the railway It will belong to the railway company, and the Congo Railway Company will get more than 100 million hectares of land for the construction of the railway between Matadi and Leopoldville.

This was also the case in southern Africa before. The railway between Nyasaland and Pretoria was invested and built by Rock and Stoudemire. After the railway was completed, the land on both sides of the railway belonged to the South African Company and Nyasaland Agricultural Company. jointly owned.

Although this method can greatly promote the construction of railways, it also has great hidden dangers. In the past, such a policy could be implemented in southern Africa with vast land and sparse population, but it is not possible now. As more and more land is privately owned, land expropriation is a A very serious problem. In another time and space, India will build a high-speed rail in 2016. It was originally planned to start construction in 2018 and be completed in 2022. However, in 2019, the Indian government only acquired 1400 hectares of the 0.9 hectares of land needed for the construction of the high-speed rail. In conversion, it is about two acres of Yazi.

This is really in stark contrast to the tens of thousands of hectares of railway construction in Africa.

The United States is even more extreme. When the Pacific Railway was built, the land acquired by the railway company was tens of thousands of square kilometers, so this is really a profitable business.

The railway in southern Africa was built quickly, mainly because Rock and Stoudemire are the largest landowners in southern Africa. The railway passes through Nyasaland and Rhodesia. There is no problem of land acquisition at all. All the land in Nyasaland is It belongs to Rock. All the land in Rhodesia belongs to Stoudemire. Most of the land in Transvaal and Bechuanaland is also owned by Rocke and Stoudemire. Therefore, the railways in the northern states of southern Africa have developed rapidly. However, the progress of Cape and Natal is a bit slow, and the only few railways were built in the last century.

"The rest time must be guaranteed." Ade finally started to eat minced meat, and Sidney Milner, who knew the situation better, was also quite embarrassed.

Rock didn't even know how to explain it. Probably Adelaide wanted to build a society where the tiller could own the land and the home could own the house, but in real life it didn't come true until the 21st century, and it didn't even matter at the beginning of the [-]th century.

"At least we didn't mistreat them, the food supply is sufficient, the salary that should be given is never in arrears, and the punishment for mistakes is more humane-" Rock said nicely, being able to do these things can be called in any era The above is humanized management.

"How do you punish those who make mistakes?" Ade really is not out of touch with others. After sitting in the office for a long time, it is inevitable that he will lose touch with society and not understand the situation at the grassroots level.

"Depending on the degree of error, the slight reduction in food supply, or confinement, the serious one will be handled by the military court, and it can be dealt with as you like." Rock said, this is the role of the military court.

Ade doesn't know what confinement means, but he still trusts Rock's management level. Southern Africa now has nearly 20 troops, and there has never been any serious incidents such as mutiny and riots. This is something that Rock is proud of.

From the beginning to the end, Ade did not ask about Simon Kennan. This kind of trust made Rock feel complicated, so he simply asked Sidney Milner to drink at night.

"I have already reminded Owen that competition is allowed, but it must be within the scope of the rules. I also warned Brant and Fox that the content of the newspaper must be reviewed in advance, and no obviously oriented content is allowed." Rock still made some remedies Measure, Brant Butler is the editor-in-chief of The Free Press and Lauren Fox is the editor-in-chief of the southern African edition of The Times, and the sales of the two papers are evenly divided in southern Africa.

"Rocke, I understand now why you hate elections." Sidney Milner was bleary-eyed, and he never pretended to be in front of Rocke.

Roque had clearly expressed his opposition to elections in front of Sidney Milner before. Southern Africa still practiced a democratic representative system, not the kind of universal suffrage. If universal suffrage, it would really drive people crazy.

Even if it is a democratic representative system, the proportion of elections is obviously too large. The prime minister is not universally elected, but the parliamentarians are always elected. The entire southern Africa has relatively easy elections in Nyasaland and Rhodesia. Other regions, including the Transvaal There is a toss every two or three years.

"Now your uncle is the prime minister, of course you would say that." Rock laughed, even if there is no election, it is impossible for Adelaide to be the prime minister for life.

"It doesn't matter to you, of course I think so." Sidney Milner also laughed, whether Adelaide or Philip became prime minister, Rock was the winner.

Of course, even if Philip was replaced as prime minister, Sidney Milner would not be a loser. A person like Ade, even if he did not serve as prime minister, would still have a prominent position in southern Africa. Naturally, there would be other positions waiting for Ade, and At that time, if he is not the prime minister, he will not receive so much attention, and the work will not be so hard. As long as Ade's health does not have any problems, Sidney Milner will be safe and sound.

It's a pity that things didn't go as planned, and Ade fell ill that night and was sent to Bigwig Hospital.

(End of this chapter)