As the armored vehicle crashed open the gate and stormed the Marcellus gold mine, Mohr was immersed in the negotiation of the sword.

In the past, Molebe negotiated with the first secretary of the Federation, the mayor and the president of the mining union, and did not even have the qualifications to enter the city of Johannesburg.

In the 1908 census, there were no Africans in the Transvaal.

This is not to say that there is a permanent African population in the Transvaal, but the state government turns a blind eye, but there is really no permanent African population in the Transvaal, and the miners in the Transvaal, or the farm workers, are all hired laborers, and their origins are basically in Natal, they only work in the Transvaal, their families are in Natal, and they only work in the Transvaal, and they don't even have the right to leave the mine or the farm.

The farm is better, after all, most Chinese farmers are not used to the role of colonizers, and their attitude towards African hired workers is quite kind, and the salary is good.

The mine is not good, many miners come to work in the mine before they are adults, the type of work is no different from that of adults, sometimes because they cannot complete the workload, they will be deducted from their salaries at will, and some miners will be infected with serious occupational diseases because of long-term malnutrition, only two or three years of work in the mine, and then they will be swept out of the mine.

The same is true for Moore, who left his hometown for Johannesburg five years ago as an underage hired by the Marcellus Gold Mine, and during these five years, Moore worked hard and did not rest a day, but Moore found that no matter how hard he worked, no matter how much gold he dug up, it had nothing to do with him.

This conclusion was very frustrating to Moore, who knew that the ratio of gold to the pound and the Marcellus gold mine was still very profitable, but Moore did not enjoy the benefits of the gold mine.

"We work hard, work more than twelve hours a day, can only eat two meals, each meal is only potatoes, our requirements are not high, eat better, live better, the working environment is not so bad, we will work harder, the white and Chinese technicians in the mine, their work is so easy, they don't have to go down the mine, they sit in a spacious and bright office, they only need to work two or three hours a day, but the salary is more than ten times ours, this is not fair!" Moore felt like he was in tears, but it was clearly not in the ears of Smalls and Marcus Beaufort.

"Moore, you have to understand that the reason why your salary is low, and the reason why you get a high salary for skilled jobs is absolutely related to your ability, those technicians with easy jobs in your mouth, they have received ten years of higher education, when you have no free time in the streets and alleys, they are studying hard, when you are stealing chickens and dogs chasing and playing, they are still studying hard, when you chase the girl you like and fall in love with them, they are still studying hard, and now you are working, You start complaining that your salaries are not the same, have you ever wondered why this is happening? "Marcus Beaufort is more patient and calm.

"We want to learn too? Have you given us a chance? Moore seemed right.

"Yes, don't say you didn't give it, after the establishment of the federal government, the educational opportunities given to all states are equal, and Natal now also has a public education system, as long as you are willing to enter the school to study, it is also free, but so far, the enrollment rate of school-age schoolchildren in Natal is the lowest, do you know what the school-age school Ninety-nine and five percent! What about Natal? Less than 10 percent, and 99 percent of those 10 percent, are white, and the federal government gives you a chance, but you don't accept it! Now it's unfair, so who is responsible for this unfairness? Marcus Beaufort screamed, and a large pile of data was thrown out, and Moore was immediately speechless.

Regarding this enrollment rate, in fact, Marcus Beaufort is also a stealing concept.

In the Transvaal, there are education commissioners in every region, and the education commissioners are tasked with promoting the importance of compulsory education, and these education commissioners go to the farms in their jurisdiction every year, even if the farms are located in remote areas, and ensure that the farmers understand the concept of compulsory education, and that every school-age child is enrolled in the nearest school, otherwise the education commissioner and the parents who do not allow their children to attend school will be held responsible.

Natal certainly doesn't, and Marcus Beaufort's data is not accurate, to be exact, 99 percent of Natal's tree-age children are white, the remaining 1 percent are Indians or Chinese, and none are Africans.

Let's not forget that Southern Africa does not recognize Africans at all, so it is simply impossible to include Africans in the public education system.

More was clearly unaware of these things, so when Marcus Beaufort threw out the stats, Moore was speechless.

"The profits of the mine are distributed according to the proportion of contributions, the mine owners have a huge investment, they have to buy land, they have to buy equipment, they have to pay taxes, the average investment in each mine is the same as 100,000 rand, so they deserve more profits, your contribution is directly proportional to your gain, it is impossible for you to work in the mine, you have to take most of the profits of the mine." Marcus Beaufort will not budge and will not budge, and in Johannesburg, the mining alliance is beyond imagination, and if Marcus Beaufort dares to stand on the side of the miners, then Marcus Beaufort will be impeached by parliament immediately.

"There's always a bottom line, we don't ask for most of the profits, if the profit of the mine is 10,000 rand, we only need 1,000 rand, isn't that excessive?" Moore really didn't understand that the proportion of one-tenth was not too much, and the mine owner had more than a thousand rand per car.

So the problem arises, the mine owners are not worried about a thousand or two thousand, but the proportion will increase with the expansion of ambition, now a thousand, in the future it may be five thousand, six thousand, or even seven thousand, eight thousand, at that time, what should the mine owners do?

There is also a bottom line to compromise.

"It's not how much you want, it's how much the mine wants to give you, first of all, make it clear, if you don't accept it, you can resign and leave, no one is begging you to accept it, but if you incite other people to riot and affect the normal operation of the mine, then you have to pay the price." Xiao Si will not compromise on this issue, and in Xiao Si's case, the miners are not even qualified to make the request.

"We are not rioting, we are fighting for legitimate rights through strikes." Moore stressed that riots and strikes are two different things, and that this line must be clarified.

"Then you can imprison the secretary general and the general manager who took the initiative to solve this problem with you?" Xiao Si pressed forward step by step.

"We're not imprisoned—" Moore was in a dilemma, there was no way to distinguish between this issue, if Aiden and Black had not been detained, then I am afraid that the military and police would have resorted to violent means long ago.

But the seizure is tantamount to giving the military and police a reason to use further violent means, so Moore really has no way to defend it.

Just then, Gauder came over to report to Roque.

He deliberately covered his mouth with his hands when he reported.

Smalls and Sidney Milner and Marcus Beaufort all have eyes on Roque.

"Moore, do you agree to let you return to work now, as if this incident didn't happen." Roark still gave Moore a way out.

From the position of a capitalist, Roque should be consistent with Xiao Si.

But after all, Roque was born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze, there is no problem with right and wrong, what is the virtue of the mine owner in Johannesburg, Roque is clear, Roque also hopes that Johannesburg will be clean and peaceful, and everything will develop smoothly, but the reality is like this, and Roque can't help it.

The only thing Roque can do is to guarantee that this will never happen in the Rock Gold Mine.

Even for the Matilda gold mine, Roque did not have enough influence.

"Thank you, Sir, for taking the time to pay attention to us little people, but I'm sorry, if it's the way it was, we'd be dead." Moore had no way back.

Roque stopped talking, nodded to Xiao Si, and got up to leave.

Gauder followed closely behind Roque, his hand pressed to the holster at his waist, his eyes fixed on the bewildered Mohr.

The door closed, and immediately behind him came the sharp scolding of the military police, as well as the hoarse screams.

Luo Ke turned a deaf ear and went out directly to get in the car and return to Ziwei City.

It was still quiet and peaceful outside the car window along the way, and the strike at the Marcellus gold mine did not affect the lives of ordinary people at all, and many people did not even know that there was Marcellus.

Roque saw pedestrians walking in the park on the side of the road, children chasing and playing on the sidewalks on both sides of the street, sales clerks in front of shops trying to solicit customers, and mounted police on horseback doing their duty.

As the car drove out of Johannesburg, Roque barely calmed down: "How's the situation?" ”

"The 1st Cavalry Division is in control, Aiden Owen and Black are fine, everything is normal in the mine, and it can resume work at any time." Gao De was concise and to the point, and did not go into too much detail.

Roque nodded and didn't ask for details, but he still had a request: "Find out what is going on, I want to know if this matter has anything to do with the Dutch, and what role the Boers of Orange play in this matter." ”

There are some details that cannot be asked, and if you ask, it will hurt nature.

Gao De nodded repeatedly: "The specific situation is not clear now, we have tried our best to control it, but it still has an impact, the newspapers in Orange have been hyping up a lot recently, those newspapers have even linked the mines in Johannesburg to the concentration camps during the Boer War, we tried to communicate with the Bloemfontein police station, but to no avail." ”

The mines in Johannesburg are still different from the concentration camps during the Boer War.

I have to say that the imagination of those journalists is really exaggerated.