Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 88 Reselling

According to Rock's standards, the Boers like Jeffrey are about the same as the puppet army during the Anti-Japanese War. In Cape, there are many such Boers. The British formed a total of about 5.3 people in Cape. of the colonial troops and used them in the Boer War, the 5.3 were not only Boers, but many were black.

Interestingly, most of the blacks are in the army or in the mines. Roque didn’t see many blacks in Cape Town. This doesn’t match Roque’s impression of South Africa. South Africa in the 21st century is almost the same. It has become a black country, and now the Cape can't even see the shadow of black people.

At dinner, Rock finally understood why Jeffrey said that a piece of bread for each of the Boer girls was enough.

"Food in the refugee camp is rationed, three-quarters of a pound of cornmeal per person per day, sometimes rice or potatoes, an ounce of coffee, two ounces of sugar, half an ounce of salt, and a pound of meat a week. No meat for women and children, and a quarter-quart of milk a day for infants and children under six—” Cape uses imperial, not metric, ounces and quarts, Hearing that Rock was dizzy.

A pound 4 is about 450 grams, an ounce is about 30 milliliters, and a quart is about 1.13 liters. If you understand these units of measurement, you can probably understand the situation in the refugee camps.

To be honest, it’s much better than Rock expected. There’s coffee, sugar, milk, and meat. What else do you want?

If you put this standard in the Qing Dynasty, probably many people would be willing to live in refugee camps.

Compared with food, the environment of refugee camps is the main reason for the high death rate.

It is impossible for the British to prepare tall and spacious rooms for the refugees, so the refugee camps are full of low, small tents. This kind of tent is about one meter high. Adults have to bend over when entering and leaving. You can’t move around freely, and often seven or eight people live in a tent. You can imagine the degree of crowding, and there is not enough drinking water in the refugee camp. The creek, the main water for life in the refugee camp comes from this creek.

When he saw this creek, Rock was furious. There was a naked corpse of a Boer woman hanging on the barbed wire above the creek. It seemed that the corpse had been hanging there for a long time, and it had already rotted to a considerable extent. Below the body is the creek, which means—

"Half a month ago, this woman tried to escape through the creek. After the guards shot her dead, they hung her body on the barbed wire to warn those Boers who harbored evil intentions—" Jeffrey didn't think there was any problem with this.

Not only Jeffrey, I am afraid that most people in this era do not think there is any problem with this. In 1893, German scientist Robert Koch clearly pointed out for the first time that bacteria can be transmitted through water, food, clothes, etc. , leading to the occurrence of disease.

Although Robert Koch's discovery has aroused strong repercussions in the medical community, more theoretical support is needed to attract national attention, let alone the Cape Colony. The unrelenting death rate is associated with the dead bodies on the barbed wire.

"Get rid of the corpse immediately, find a place to burn it and bury it. From now on, the drinking water must be purified, and you are not allowed to drink raw water at will." Rock is also a new official, and the first cut is drinking water.

"Mr. Inspector, purify—how?" Jeffrey didn't understand Rock's order.

"Boil the water. From now on, only boiled water is allowed, and unboiled water is not allowed." Only then did Rock remember the white people's obsession with ice water.

Rock doesn't know why, white people are so obsessed with ice water. In bars, even if Rock just needs a glass of water, the bartender will put two ice cubes in Rock's glass. Not to mention daily life, Rock almost Never seen white people boil hot water, unless they need hot water for tea.

This is a cultural difference, just like white people also do not understand why Chinese people always drink hot water.

But obviously, the benefits of hot water are far greater than that of ice water. At least after the water is boiled, it can kill most of the bacteria in the water. This is also a solution when there is no special water purification equipment.

Although it cannot completely solve the problem.

"Yes, sir." It seemed that Jeffery still didn't understand, but Jeffery didn't question it, that's all.

"We still need more and bigger tents, or a sturdy house. Winter is coming soon, and people will die if they live in such tents." Rock is more worried about the weather. It is already March and winter is coming. ——

The winter in Cape Town is from May to August every year. It is estimated that the Chinese in Cape Town will not be able to understand the word "Yangchun March".

"Sir, do you mean those military tents? It is impossible for us to get military tents. The supply of military tents must be guaranteed at the front line first." Jeffery is also very helpless. If possible, Jeffery also wants to make these women and children live better. A little better, but Jeffrey can't help it.

"I'll go to the tent to figure out a way. You go and get rid of the corpses on the barbed wire first." Rock wanted to go back to Cape Town to find Henry. Henry still needs to come forward for this kind of thing.

"Military tents? No, no, no, I can't help it. Even if we go to the director, the director can't get military tents. All military supplies are managed by the expeditionary army headquarters, and even our governor can't intervene. "It's not that Henry doesn't help, it's just that he can't help.

It was already evening when Rock returned to Cape Town, just in time for dinner. Today's dinner was custard, fried fish, and a small stewed chicken. These dishes were not made by Anna. Anna did not have this skill. Rock The current cook at home is Marvin from the Qing Dynasty. Marvin used to be the chef of the French embassy in the Qing Dynasty. After the Boxer Movement began, Marvin became an out-and-out second devil and was on the blacklist of Boxer. However, if Ma Wen continued to stay in the Qing Dynasty, it would be a dead end, so Ma Wen simply accepted the employment of the Cape Town Police Department and came to Cape Town.

As for why Marvin works here in Rock, the operation is very simple. Henry hired chefs from the Qing Dynasty under the banner of providing Chinese policemen with Chinese food. He only needs to prove that Marvin's cooking skills are not up to standard, then Henry can be justified Fire Marvin.

"Can't intervene? Do you believe this? If the Expeditionary Force Command is really so strict, where do the military supplies on the market come from?" Rock didn't believe Henry's nonsense. The Cape Town market was full of all kinds of All kinds of military supplies, those military supplies were resold by those corrupt officials.

　Rain or shine, the first update is here. In other words, this is already the second update——

　　

　

(End of this chapter)