719 Marne
When Roque arrived in Johannesburg, there were African-run farms around Johannesburg, and during the Transvaal Republic, Africans were allowed to buy land in Johannesburg.
After the Transvaal Republic became a British Transvaal colony, the rights of Africans were completely abolished, not only to buy land, but also to immigrate, settle, build, do business, etc., and the slums inhabited by Africans in Johannesburg and Pretoria were also completely demolished, and Africans could only go to Natal to live, which was not recognized by the colonial government.
The federal government now imposes stricter regulations on Africans, Africans are not allowed to own property outside of Natal, all Africans who have jobs live in dormitories provided by their employers, they cannot move freely in the city, the police will always check Africans on the streets, and without an employment certificate from the employer, they will be sent to Katanga or Favart as homeless people and beggars to mine.
As for the old situation of building a shed in a city corner, it is now completely extinct in southern Africa.
Roque now wants to go one step further and completely solve the hidden dangers of the future of southern Africa in the next few years, sending Africans to the northern part of the Cape and the southern part of southwest Africa will not lead to a shortage of human resources in southern Africa, and if industrial and mining enterprises need more labor, they can completely adopt the current model between southern Africa and the Kingdom of Mozambique, and leave this problem to a professional human resources company to solve.
Many Africans in Nyasaland are hired from the Kingdom of Mozambique through the human resources company under the name of Christian, and the average salary of each adult African is 2.5 rand per month, which is paid to the human resources company, and the human resources company is connected with the human resources company in the Kingdom of Mozambique.
Although this seems to be a big circle, but it reduces a lot of possible problems, human resources companies not only serve the government of Nyasaland, but also serve industrial and mining enterprises in southern Africa, foreign workers working in southern Africa generally sign a 50-month labor contract, and return to their home country after 50 months.
The reason why it is 50 months is to circumvent the immigration regulations in southern Africa, foreign workers who have worked in southern Africa for five years can apply for southern African citizenship according to the regulations, and 50 months is a little more than four years, after the worker is sent back to his place of origin, even if he returns to work in southern Africa after a few months, the timer must start again.
"For the sake of the future of southern Africa, we need to gradually reduce the number of Africans in southern Africa in a planned way, and the best way is to establish a predominantly African country and move all Africans there, so that most of the problems can be solved. Although Roque swore by Ade when he asked, the problem was not so easy to solve.
"Do you have to do it?" Xiao Si is still reluctant to labor that is cheap to almost free, and there are still many Africans in Rhodesia.
"It's not impossible, most of the crimes are related to Africans, and the northern states are a little better, but the Cape and Natal are terrible, and the courts in these two states are the busiest in the federal government, and the cases are still not finished." Henry has the most say on this issue, and Africans do have more crimes.
"I think it's okay, Africans are still relatively easy to satisfy, low cost, high efficiency, hard work, frankly, white and Chinese are difficult to manage, especially Chinese, they are too smart, too active thinking, black people can honestly work in the brewing workshop for a lifetime, the Chinese will generally learn the technology of brewing will try to have their own brewing workshop, but this is also a good thing, more brewing workshops can generate more profits." Xiao Si's thinking is also changing, starting from a businessman to a politician, trying to transform Rhodesia, which Xiao Si never thought of in the past.
"That's the problem, everyone wants to live in a big house and drive a car, the Chinese will achieve it through their own efforts, what about the Africans?" Roque's question is very acute, people have desires, and the problem is the way to satisfy one's own needs.
"Do you need to ask, Africans will steal, rob—" Henry was bored, and threw his knife and fork on the plate, and Ding Ling made a loud noise.
"I think we should educate them more and teach them to have a better life in a civilized way." Phyllis is still naïve and doesn't know that there are people in this world who are unteachable.
"It's difficult, the federal government has made education compulsory in Natal, but Africans would rather let their children herd cattle than send their children to school." Henry shook his head, Natal's level of education was the worst among the ten states of the federal government.
"That's because the federal government has imposed too much of a poll tax, and if it is removed, see if they will send their kids to school." Lacey also disagrees, and women are always compassionate in this regard.
"All right, gentlemen, if you are full, go to the study, and don't talk about these unappetizing questions at the table." Xiao Si's wife generally does not express her opinion at this time, and the atmosphere at the table should be warmer.
A group of people immediately dispersed, the men went to the study to smoke and drink tea, the women went to the living room to the parents, the children were clamoring to go to the horse farm to ride horses, Bella beckoned a group of maids to follow to take care of them, and several families were very lively together.
In the evening, Phyllis casually talks about Bella's question: "Bella seems to be in love, and she has a close relationship with Lieutenant Colonel Berkeley of the cavalry battalion—"
Roque drank a little wine in the afternoon, and was already in a daze, but he instantly sobered up when he heard Phyllis's words.
"Great, our old girl can finally get married, and prepare a rich dowry for Bella." Roque couldn't help but be overjoyed, when he was still in Cape Town, Bella came to Roque's house with Zack, more than ten years have passed, the original little girl has become an old girl, and Roque has also had a headache in recent years.
If she wants, in fact, Bella can easily marry herself, but staying by Roque's side, Bella knows all young talents, and ordinary people Bella can't look down on her.
The crux of the matter is that young talents have more and better choices, and they will not give up an entire forest because of Bella's little tree.
Berkeley is the deputy commander of the Nyasaland cavalry battalion, a little older than Bella, his wife died of illness two years ago, he has a son and a daughter, because of work, Berkeley and Bella's contact is more, and it is normal for the two to have feelings.
"I still need you to say, Bella has been like my sister all these years, if it weren't for Anna and Bella, I wouldn't be able to manage such a big family by myself, I prepared a farm for Bella in Port Edward, and a part of Itno's stock, and I must let Bella marry beautifully." Phyllis and Bella have a very good relationship, Anna is now in her prime, and Bella is the housekeeper of the Roark family.
"Speaking of Bella, Zach should also have a family, and that's what you do." Roque didn't ask how big the farm was, and Phyllis said that Bella was her sister, and the area would definitely not be small.
As for Zack, although Zach has not started a family yet, he already has three children, and he goes to school with Gavin and Alvin, which is also the model of most aristocratic families, and the children of the housekeeper grow up with the heir to the title, and most of them will become the next generation of housekeepers when they grow up.
Roque will definitely not be so pedantic, children still choose the life they want when they grow up, the elders can make suggestions, but it is best not to interfere, the root of many family tragedies is that the elders are too controlling.
"You don't care about it, Zach is happy with his current life." Phyllis has a purpose, adult life is her own choice, and if Zach wants to get married, there are also a lot of high-quality resources for Zach to choose from.
Roque said that he didn't care, and the next day when he arrived at the Department of Defense, he called Berkeley over.
Berkeley is only thirty years old this year, and he is already serving as a lieutenant colonel and deputy battalion commander in the Nyasaland Cavalry Battalion, which can be said to have a great future, and Roque is still unsure whether Berkeley really likes Bella or has some other purpose.
"It's not that I like it, I love Bella, I love it from the bottom of my heart, I want to live with Bella, give the children a complete home, let them have more love-" Berkeley is more resolute than Roque imagined, and it is understandable to think about it, the promising young lieutenant colonel, there is really no need to rely on nepotism to climb up.
To put it mildly, Berkeley chose to be with Bella, in fact, he had to take a certain risk, after marrying Bella, even if Berkeley relied on his ability to obtain a higher status, he might be criticized for relying on nepotism to get on the throne, not to mention, Berkeley in the eyes of ordinary people is also a high-quality resource, and there are many people who are willing to marry their daughters to widowers like Berkeley.
"Very good, I hope you understand that Phyllis and Bella have a very good relationship, and treat Bella like their own sister, if you dare to treat Bella badly, don't blame me for not reminding you." Roque is very satisfied with Berkeley's attitude, of course, Roque will not ask Berkeley to do anything, as long as Bella has no opinion, even if Berkeley has a lot of lovers outside, Roque will pretend not to see it, this kind of thing is really a lot among the British.
On September 5, the Department of Defense adjusted the ranks of a group of officers, and Berkeley was promoted to colonel.
It was also on this day that the British and French forces, who had no way to retreat, finally fought back, and the Battle of the Marne broke out.