If Johannesburg is reduced to having to pay off its loans from railway revenues, then Mayor Philip Matilda will not have to.

Orange has no way to rely on railway income to repay the loan, and in Orange, only the railway income can be used, so it can only rely on this.

Johannesburg doesn't have much of a source of income, but it is enough to have a gold mine, and even if the part to be handed over to London is removed, the intercepted part is enough for the Johannesburg City Council to build at will.

Therefore, Philippe Matilda has the confidence to tear down Johannesburg and rebuild it.

Joseph Chamberlain didn't care about these situations, since Joseph Chamberlain could help Orange apply for a loan, then Joseph Chamberlain also had to apply for a loan for the Transvaal, this bowl of water had to be leveled, otherwise the officials of the Transvaal would rebel, and Ade would not allow this to happen.

Ade's current position is the Commissioner of South Africa, and he is also the governor of the Transvaal and Orange, and how to balance the relationship between the Transvaal and Orange is also a problem for Ade to consider.

It now appears that the Boers have largely abandoned the Transvaal, concentrating more on Orange, some of the Boers have chosen to go to Natal and the Cape, and some of the Boers have simply gone to German South-West Africa after receiving compensation.

In German South-West Africa, the Boers also had a lot to offer.

In 1902, there were 200,000 people in German South-West Africa, including 2,595 Germans, 1,354 Boers, and 452 British.

The reason why there are 452 Britons in German Southwest Africa is because there is also a British enclave in German Southwest Africa, which is the best port in German Southwest Africa - Walvis Bay.

Walvis Bay was first discovered by the Portuguese, and in the 18th century, the Dutch who occupied South Africa conducted a human geography survey of Walvis Bay, and the Dutch called Walvis Bay because of the large number of whales in the vicinity of Walvis Bay.

In 1878, the British occupied Walvis Bay, but before they could expand outward, the Germans arrived here.

Then, in 1890, Britain signed an agreement with Germany to divide its spheres of influence, in which Britain recognized the German occupation of German South-West Africa, but Walvis Bay was not included and remained occupied by the British.

During the First World War, the then Union of South Africa sent troops to occupy German Southwest Africa, and since then, the region has become a mandate of South Africa, and in 1922, South Africa passed a decree to identify Walvis Bay as part of Southwest Africa, which laid the foundation for the subsequent dispute over the ownership of Walvis Bay.

As for the ownership of Walvis Bay, that is a question of the future, and the biggest problem now is that as the best port in German southwest Africa, there are only 452 Britons, which shows how sparsely populated Britain is.

It is precisely because of the scarcity of people in Britain that Ade and Joseph Chamberlain want to protect the interests of the Transvaal British, so even if the Transvaal does not need a loan, Ade and Joseph Chamberlain will try their best to fight for the Transvaal.

At the end of March, Joseph Chamberlain concluded his expedition to Johannesburg and left for Pretoria to continue his work.

Roque's gain during this period was that he successfully persuaded Neville Chamberlain to join the Rhodesia Company established by Roque and Henry and Xiao Si, regarding the equity distribution of Rhodesia Company, because the minerals to be developed by Rodesia Company belonged to Roque, so Roque occupied 49% of the company's shares, and then Neville Chamberlain, Henry, and Xiao Si divided the remaining 51%.

This distribution plan is very reasonable, Roque, as a major shareholder, does not have more than half of the shares, Neville, Henry, and Xiao Si don't have to worry about Roque being arbitrary, the three of them can unite to form a check and balance on Roque.

Rhodesia's total share capital is 100,000 pounds, Roque does not have to pay, Henry and Xiao Si each contribute 40,000 pounds, occupying 20 percent of the shares, Neville contributes 20,000 pounds, occupies 11 percent of the shares, the reason why Neville has more shares is because Neville wants to find a market for the products of Rhodesia, and this distribution is also normal.

Seeing off Joseph and Neville, Roque finally gets to work with his busy schedule.

After the end of the military administration, Roque's work intensified considerably, and during the military administration, the security of Johannesburg was taken care of by the expeditionary force, and now it is all the work of the police department.

When there was no jurisdiction over the case, Roque was once angry, and with jurisdiction, Roque found that this era of cheating dads is simply deadly, there is no DNA, there is no camera, and many times the detection of cases is really all about luck, Johannesburg does not even have a laboratory, fortunately there are no vicious cases now, otherwise Roque will be helpless.

In order to cope with the complex situation that may be faced, the main task of the Police Department is now to register all those who work and live in Johannesburg, not only in writing, but also in images, i.e. photographs.

In 1839, Daguerre of France made the first practical daguerreotype camera, which had an exposure time of up to 30 minutes and was already capable of taking clear images.

In 1888, the American Kodak Company invented the world's first portable square box camera for mounting film, and the camera has been popular all over the world since then.

According to the regulations of the police department, all people who live and work in Johannesburg must register with the Johannesburg police station, and then leave text and video materials, which is to facilitate management on the one hand, and on the other hand, to generate income for the police department.

That's right, the police department also needs to generate revenue, when Roque first arrived in Johannesburg, in order to set up a police station, Roque had to go to the mine to apportion, this kind of thing can come once or twice, and Roque will be embarrassed if there are more times, so Roque has to generate income for the police department, so that the police department can give more benefits to the police.

The cost of a photograph is about one shilling, and the police department charges ten shillings, and this fee is mandatory, and the video must be left while living and working in Johannesburg, otherwise the police department has the right to take coercive measures.

With the photographs, the police were able to draw up the corresponding resident information cards and identity documents, and the identity cards finally appeared, representing a major step forward in management.

In addition to the ID card, Roque also has to strengthen the technical strength of the Johannesburg Police Department, the police department did not even have a laboratory department before, in fact, it is very simple to establish, after Abu came to Johannesburg, several of his students also followed, and now they are all working in Abu's laboratory, Roque asked Abu to ask two students to come over, and the laboratory department was immediately established.

The two students are worth a lot of money, and they are paid £200 a year in the police station, which is enough for the family to live happily in Johannesburg.

Gaode's police dog training base is also developing rapidly, in order to strengthen the ability of police dogs, Roque from Europe to find more suitable dog breeds as police dogs, Belgian Malinoa dogs soon entered Roque's sight, and South African mastiffs, horse dogs are more energetic, more loyal, more athletic talent, more suitable for police dogs.

In addition to the horse dog, Roque also introduced bloodhounds, which were also native to Belgium but had been modified by the British.

The bloodhound has the most developed nose in the world, which can distinguish scents from 14 days ago, and can be traced up to 220 kilometers by relying on scent tracking.

What is the concept of 220 km?

Johannesburg is 60 kilometres from Pretoria, Johannesburg's southernmost point is Crondstad, and 200 kilometres from Orange's capital, Bloemfontein.

In other words, if someone commits a crime in Kronstad and leaves behind some of the physical evidence at the scene, then even if the perpetrator escapes to Bloemfontein, as long as he is tracked by bloodhounds within fourteen days, then the perpetrator has nowhere to escape.

It's much better than a camera.

In addition to horse dogs and bloodhounds, Gaude's dog farm is also breeding more powerful South African mastiffs.

Although the South African mastiff is not suitable for use as a police dog, it is an absolute good hand to watch the home, although the Johannesburg Police Department has been repeatedly expanded, but for farmers in remote areas, the protection capacity of the police station is still insufficient, so more often, farmers have to rely on their own strength to protect the safety of the farm and their families.

Therefore, not only does Johannesburg not ban guns, but the police department also regularly trains farmers in the ability to use weapons, even women and children, so that they can protect themselves in the event of danger.

Dogs are also a great weapon of law and order, the 21st century jokes that "law and order basically depends on dogs", this sentence is not a joke, if a farm has three or five dogs, the effect is much greater than that of a shotgun, South African mastiffs are wary of strangers enough, they can no matter whether the people who intend to approach the farm are Boers or Zulus, as long as they are strangers, they will issue a warning.

So, in Johannesburg, a farm can be without cows, but it definitely can't be without dogs.

In addition to the police station, Roque also had to develop Nyasaland and provide enough help to the Yao people in Portuguese East Africa, but fortunately, Johannesburg was not short of weapons now, and Roque provided 10,000 Martini Henry rifles for the Yao people within a week.

These Martini Henry rifles were all handed over by the Boer guerrillas, and Ade was going to destroy all these weapons, use them from Roque, buy them all at a low price, and then send them to Portuguese East Africa.

Only guns, no bullets are not enough, the Martini Henry rifle is a weapon that is about to be phased out, the large-caliber single-shot rifle has not kept up with the times, and the British Royal Small Arms Factory has stopped the production of the Martini Henry rifle in favor of the more advanced Lee Enfield.

Roque went to Ade to see if he could set up an arsenal in Nyasaland to produce bullets.

"Why produce bullets?" Ade didn't pay much attention to it, just habitually understood.

"Now that the Royal Light Weapons Factory has stopped producing Martini Henry rifles, and the Yao people are using Martini Henry rifles, after a long time, I am worried that I will not even be able to supply bullets, so it is very necessary to set up a factory in Nyasaland that specializes in the production of bullets to produce bullets on the spot and supply them to the Yao people." Roque found a good reason, and Ade agreed to Roque's request without much thought.

It's already an arsenal, and it certainly won't just produce bullets.

Nyasaland has copper mines, iron mines on the Limpopo River, and all kinds of resources in South Africa, but what is lacking is technology and guides.

The British and the Boers are unreliable, the Boers do not have this vision at all, not to mention now, in the future, when the Boers come to power, South Africa's military industrial strength has not developed much.

The British will not develop South Africa, the British only want to use South Africa as a source of raw materials and a dumping place for products, why should they improve South Africa's manufacturing capacity.

The Boers and the British don't care, Roque can't ignore it, Roque is ready to develop Nyasaland as a foundation, industry is indispensable, the current bullet factory is just a pretense, with the bullet factory, Roque can develop supporting factories, don't underestimate a small bullet, the requirements for metallurgy and chemistry are also very high, there is a joke in the 21st century that India can't even produce bullets, in fact, it's not that it can't be produced, but the production capacity is insufficient, although it's a joke, But it also shows that producing bullets is not a simple matter.

What Roque wanted was a line of bullets that was about to be phased out at the Royal Small Arms Factory, and even a line for Martini Henry's rifle.

Yes, it is true that the Martini Henry rifle is outdated, but that does not mean that the Martini Henry rifle is worthless, at least the machine that produces the rifle is urgently needed in Nyasaland.

This matter, if Roque goes to operate, it is estimated that it will take a lot of twists and turns, and it may not achieve the goal.

It was much easier to have Ade's help, and in early April, the Royal Small Arms Factory sold two lines of Martini Henry rifles and four lines of 0.402 (10.211 mm) ammunition to the Transvaal for £20,000.

Yes, Ade bought these production lines in the name of the Transvaal government, and if it were in his own name, the Royal Light Weapons Factory would certainly not sell them.

In addition to the production line, Roque has also increased orders to Westinghouse Electric Company in the United States and continues to purchase high-power hydroelectric generators for the construction of hydropower plants in Nyasaland.

Compared with Johannesburg, Nyasaland has abundant power resources, so hydropower must be developed, and now that the cement plant has begun to produce cement stably, the progress of the hydropower plant in Nyasaland will not be much slower than that of Johannesburg.

Thanks to the prosperity of free trade, Westinghouse Electric Company is fully supplying the orders from Roque's side, and it doesn't care who the generator is sold to, and the most important thing is to make money.

That's what free trade is all about.

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