Chapter 82: The Protector

The second Chinese policeman to buy a house in Cape Town was not Anton, but Luo Yi, and Luo Yi did not buy a mansion like Roque, but bought a farm on the outskirts of Cape Town.

Roque they have gained a lot on the front line, Luo Yi was not idle in Cape Town, after becoming a sergeant, Luo Yi took over the dock that Roque was in charge of before, in this position, Roque burst out with huge energy, when Roque was a sheriff before, Roque himself had an extra income of about 120 pounds a week, and Roque was a sheriff for just two weeks, and Roque's income directly doubled.

Luo Ke's income has doubled, and Luo Yi's income must be a lot, so after having money, Luo Yi's first choice is also to settle down.

"It's surprisingly cheap to have a farm of 1,000 acres now, and the one I bought, which costs 3,000 acres, costs only 280 pounds, and I've sent a telegram to my family asking them to come to Cape Town, and from now on, we're landlords too!" As soon as Luo spoke, his eyes began to burst into tears, three thousand acres is about one eighteen thousand acres, what is this concept?

A full 12 square kilometers!

"It only cost £280? Where is the farm? "Roque is a little curious, even if it is because of the uncertainty of the war on the front line, the price of land is cheap now, it is not such a cheap law, right, how big is South Africa in the 21st century? 1.21 million square kilometers, if you want to calculate it like this, you can buy the whole of South Africa for 100,000 pounds?

Don't be funny!

"The farm is in the Bechuana Reserve, which is far from Cape Town, but the price is cheap, 3,000 acres of land, all grown with grain, and the annual harvest is enough for me to eat for a lifetime." Luo Yi is very ideal, if he can really achieve it, the food harvested in a year is really enough for Luo Yi to eat for a lifetime.

Luo Ke doesn't talk nonsense, and he doesn't think that the colonial government will give such a big gift package to Luo Yi so easily.

Flipping through the map, Roque realized where the god-like Bechuana Protectorate was.

In Botswana, which is now called the Bechuana Reserve, according to Luo Yi, Luo Yi's farm is 850 kilometers from Cape Town -

Straight-line distance!

"Don't say 280 pounds, 8 pounds is too expensive for me, you probably don't know the situation of the Bechuana Reserve, and you still want to farm? Planing stones exhausts you, and you can't raise cattle! Roque is really speechless, the whole country of Botswana is a dry terrace terrain, to put it bluntly, it is a wilderness, it is better to count on farming in Botswana, it is better to count on the reliability of a diamond mine underground.

Even if you buy a piece of land, it's not reliable enough to have a diamond mine underground.

Luo Yi was dumbfounded, feeling that his brain was no longer enough, the suburbs of Cape Town were full of endless vineyards, Luo Yi thought that the land he bought was similar to the situation in the suburbs of Cape Town, as long as he was not afraid of hardship and tiredness, there would always be a harvest, but he didn't expect that-

What a hateful colonial government on dog days!

"This is a pit man!"

"I'll just say there won't be pie in the sky!"

"Can I get it back?"

The Chinese policemen who crowded into Roque's office to watch the excitement gossip, recently, everyone has some money in their pockets, and they are all ready to move, wanting to buy a house and land in Cape Town, Luo Yi's fate has sounded a wake-up call for everyone, not everyone has Roque's good life.

"At the town hall on dog day, I borrowed more than a hundred pounds from my brothers! My money—" Luo Yibei came from it, and couldn't help but cry.

Well, it's similar to those brothers who are in the quilt for stock trading.

"Don't howl, when you leave, tell you to be low-key, low-key, why are you really low-key, I ask you, the people at the city hall didn't ask you when they bought the land? How do you explain that you have 280 pounds? Roque is more worried about another problem, 280 pounds is not too much, it is not too little, but even with the sheriff's salary, Luo Yi cannot earn so much money in such a short time.

Regarding gray income, Roque has always been very worried about this problem, after the Chinese police have money, they will definitely choose to buy a house and land in Cape Town, at this time, if the British notice, then everyone including Roque will be unlucky, so Roque has always hoped that Anton and Luo Yi can bring their families to Cape Town, at least at that time, the gray income of the Chinese police officers has a reasonable reason, and it is worth ten thousand yuan to break the family, and it is too normal for a country as big as the Qing Dynasty to have a few rich people.

In fact, this reason is not so perfect, but at least it can partially solve the problem, and the British will not focus on the Chinese police, the British are eyeing the Rand gold mine, where the gold is worthy of British attention.

What's more, this problem is not just a simple occurrence in the Chinese police, those Indian policemen are also trying to make money, Roque did not eat alone, when making money, he should give the worship to his superiors, never less, to this point, it is no longer a simple personal problem, but rises to the group, if the British want to investigate the gray income of the Chinese police, well, the entire Cape Town Police Department, up to the police chief, down to the prison guards, I'm afraid none of them can escape.

This is called a nest case!

Although those "offerings" made Roque feel heartache, Roque used this way to tie up the entire police station with the Chinese police, so if the British really want to investigate, the first thing to worry about is August Russell and Austin Pence, Roque They are just small shrimps.

Otherwise, Roque wouldn't be an inspector now.

"I borrowed, I borrowed 100 pounds from the Imperial Bank, plus the little I saved myself, and I borrowed some from my brothers—" Luo Yi was quite smart and knew how to borrow money from the bank.

The Imperial Bank is the Bank of England, the oldest bank in the United Kingdom, and of course it also has operations in the Cape, and the gold of the Cape is constantly strengthening London's position as the world's financial center, and the Bank of England set up a branch in Cape Town a long time ago.

"If you are smart, don't think about this money, the city hall will definitely not return the money, I bet you will never go to this dog-day Bechuana Protectorate in your life, be honest in the next period of time, the business of the dock has been temporarily suspended, if you want to buy a house and land in Cape, remember to say hello to me first, I will help you find it." Roque's last words were addressed to all Chinese police officers.

"Don't buy it, don't buy it."

"Buy or buy, let the head help us buy."

"Buy a house first and settle it down."

Luo Yi's lesson is deep enough, if Luo Ke was only the "head" of the Chinese police in the past, then now, Luo Ke is the protector of the Chinese police, which is more important than the money Luo Yi lost.