Not to mention the romance of the Prince of Wales, after Edward VII ascended the throne, Winston was indeed prosperous.

In fact, after Winston returned to London last year, he was successfully elected as a member of Parliament on behalf of the Conservative Party, when Winston was not yet 26 years old.

So British politics, there is also a tradition of father-to-son succession, normal people want to enter parliament at the age of 26 is wishful thinking, but for the aristocratic group, Winston has already accumulated a lot of money.

As a member of the Conservative Party, Winston criticized many policies of the Conservative government in Parliament, and opposed the Conservative Party at every turn, and was finally disqualified by the Conservative Party in January 1905.

Do you think this is the end of Winston's political career?

Apparently not, in May of that year, Winston sat in the opposition seat.

The following year, in 1906, the Liberal Party came to power and Winston was appointed Under-Secretary for Colonial Affairs, the most important achievement of his tenure was to promote the self-governing status of South Africa.

That's why Roque invested in Winston.

Now it seems that Roque's investment in Winston, which did not have to wait until 1906, has now worked.

Roque didn't forget to remind Henry that if he went to London, he must remember to visit Winston.

"Of course, we've always had correspondence." Henry certainly didn't know how brilliant Winston's future would be, but Henry and Winston were in constant contact, after all, Winston's grandfather was the Duke of Marlborough.

The Marlborough family is the top British aristocracy, and among the nobles outside the British royal family, there are only 20 dukedoms, and the Duke of Marlborough ranks tenth in the order of knighthood.

In aristocratic circles, the Matilda family was nothing compared to the Marlborough family, so Henry valued his friendship with Winston, even if Winston did not inherit the title of Duke of Marlboro.

"It's just that communication doesn't work, you have to show your sincerity." Roque nodded, don't look at Winston when he was in Cape, he could earn 250 pounds a month, but earning that money had to risk his life.

So Winston soon returned to London after escaping back to Cape Town.

When he returned to London, he no longer served as a war correspondent, and naturally he did not have a monthly salary of 250 pounds, and Winston did not have a noble title now, and only the income of Winston as a councillor probably could not maintain the dignity of a top aristocratic family, so Winston needed money very much.

More needed than both Roque and Henry.

"Ha, Locke, don't be so blunt-" Henry was a little embarrassed, Henry still understood the twists and turns, and he didn't need Roque to point it.

Roque smiled dumbly, a little embarrassed.

Roque still underestimated the background of Henry and Winston, the children of the nobility, who have been mixed in the circle of nobility since childhood, and many ways are better than Roque, and some things do not need to be reminded by Roque, and they have infiltrated into their bones and become instinct.

Officials kept entering Alfred Milner's office and being summoned by Alfred Milner.

By the time it was Roque's turn, Alfred Milner was already a little tired.

"Everything is normal in Johannesburg, the gold mines that were temporarily suspended due to the war have basically resumed work now, and the police department is cooperating with the city government to check the output of the gold mines during this time, and it is estimated that it will take half a year to complete this work." Roque never mentioned the guerrillas, it was a matter for the Expeditionary Force Headquarters, and it had nothing to do with the police department.

"Johannesburg is importing Chinese miners in large quantities, why didn't they apply for this before?" Alfred Milner's expression was calm, and there was no joy or anger in it.

"Employing Chinese miners is an independent business practice of mine owners, do I need to apply for this?" Roque pretended to be stupid and acted like a pure police officer.

A lot of things that are originally simple things will become more complicated by the more people participate.

It's like hiring Chinese laborers, if this kind of thing is applied, then most of the governor's palace will not decide directly, and it will most likely have to be reported to Congress.

At the level of the National Assembly, the entanglement of interests is even more complicated, the ruling party wants to balance the bowl of water, the opposition party wants to pick a bone in the egg, and there may be such an extreme situation as "opposition for the sake of opposition", and if you want to draw conclusions, maybe it will be three or five years later.

Roque didn't have that much time, so he did it first and then said it, forming a fait accompli, and it didn't matter whether he applied or not.

As for the consequences of this.

To put it mildly, this is not a crime after all, at most it is a negligence, or ill-conceived thought, what can Alfred Milner do to Roque?

Don't let you get promoted?

Roque's immediate boss is Henry, in the Transvaal police system, Henry is the boss, Roque still wants to hide behind Henry's back and make a fortune, and he doesn't want to be promoted at all, so whatever-

What about the penalty?

This is more casual, to be honest, Roque doesn't even know what his annual salary is now, compared to the income of the gold mine, the annual salary is not worth mentioning, and Roque has no place to spend money except for gifts.

At worst, Roque could be suspended, but not to the point of dismissal.

However, considering that the Prince of Wales is about to ascend the throne, Roque is also on the list of meritorious personnel reported by the Expeditionary Force Command, and he is suspended at this time-

Not suitable, really not suitable.

Therefore, the current Roque has no fear.

"How are those Chinese workers doing?" Alfred Milner left Roque to judge for himself.

"Stimulated by high salaries, the performance of Chinese workers is okay-" Roque tried to be as objective as possible, Alfred Milner must have other sources, so if Roque deliberately exaggerates now, it is looking for death: "I talked to Aiden of De Beers Unified Mining Company, in the past, the miners in the gold mines were basically Zulu and Boer, Zulu people were lazy and inefficient, Boer people were lazier and less efficient, and the salary was higher, on the whole, the performance of those Chinese workers was still good, As long as the salary satisfies them, their efficiency is not bad. ”

"You know that—" Alfred Milner said meaningfully.

Roque felt a little feverish in his face, and Alfred Milner must have known that Roque had a gold mine in his name, so he teased Roque.

This sentence does not need to be answered, and there is no need for Roque to throw Baron Philip out of the top bag, Alfred Milner is the governor, and it is normal to laugh at Roque.

Fortunately, Alfred Milner is not a harsh person, so Alfred Milner did not embarrass Roque for too long: "Stop hiring Chinese workers for a while, and then talk about it later." ”

Fortunately, it was only temporarily stopped, and there was a chance to continue in the future, and the Chinese workers who had already come to Johannesburg did not need to be repatriated.

"Nad Beers Unified Mining Company—" Roque was a little confused.

"You figure it out yourself!" Alfred Milner was in a word.

"Yes!" Roque straightened his attitude.

Leaving Alfred Milner's office, Roque felt scared.

Just now it was actually very dangerous, the fate of Roque and all the Chinese in the Transvaal was in the whim of Alfred Milner.

Roque could actually feel it just now, for a moment, Alfred Milner's emotions were on the verge of exploding, but I don't know what the reason is, Alfred Milner didn't kill Roque in the end.

"How?" Henry is still waiting for Roque, and he goes to the Pretoria police station with Roque.

Roque is going to rub rice.

"Scolded—" Roque felt his underwear get wet.

"Haha, you deserve it, someone accused you of abusing power for personal gain-" Henry broke out a shocking melon.

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Roque was surprised, he hadn't heard Henry mention it just now.

"What is there to say, the whole Transvaal, who has not been accused?" Henry didn't care, the big and small officials in the Transvaal, one said another, but in fact, the butts were not very clean.

"Your sister, you are both British, and I am Chinese, how can this be the same?" Roque was angry.

"Don't beat my sister's idea!" Henry immediately became furious, this is also a pet sister maniac: "Locke, if you want to really fit in with the Transvaal, you have to think of yourself as an Englishman. ”

Roque was stunned for a moment and didn't speak again.

If Henry had said so before, Roque would have been grateful.

Now Roque will not be grateful to anyone casually, because Roque knows very well that even if Roque regards himself as an Englishman, the British will not treat Roque as "their own person".

Of course, this did not prevent Roarke from working for the British government.

Roque has been in this world for more than a year, and now that Roque has become a naturalized Cape and has become a high-ranking Transvaal official by his own efforts, Roque must serve the British government until he has enough self-preservation ability before there is no better option.

"It's my fault, Henry, I'm sorry - besides, thank you." In any case, Roque is grateful to Henry, without whom Roque would not have climbed so fast.

At the beginning, Roque deliberately befriended Henry in order to rely on Henry's identity as a noble child to "be a prestige", and now Roque also has the opportunity to become a nobleman, and he and Henry are mutually perfecting each other.

For Roque, all people in this world are "natives" of this world.

This mentality is very bad, Roque was just a trade dog in his last life, and compared to Roque's big names in the world, Roque is nothing.

In this world, Roque can barely be regarded as a big man now, if he is still in the Cape Town Police Department, then Roque is now also qualified to be the key protection object of the police department, so Roque should adjust his mentality and not always put himself in the role of "digging the corner of the British Empire".

In this world, at present, Roque digging the corner of the British Empire is actually digging Roque's own corner, which is considered to be digging his own grave.

"It's not your fault, Locke, you don't have to apologize." Henry put his hand on Roque's shoulder, and the two walked forward side by side.

The sun is just right.