"I swear, I just introduced them to work in the Cape, I never knew what they would be going to happen here, and if I had, I would never have done that—" Soon, the interrogation involved the labor trafficking section of Hoover.

"You don't know?" Roque didn't believe that Hoover would not know.

"I really don't know, I swear—" Hoover insisted, a very smart guy who would not have gotten into Stanford.

"Well, I'll just treat you as if you don't know, how much does it cost to sell people to De Beers Unified Mining Company?" Roque doesn't dwell on these minutiae.

"I didn't, I didn't sell people, I just introduced workers to work for the De Beers Unified Mining Company—" Hoover adamantly refused to admit that he had done that kind of thing.

That's not to talk about, Roque sighed, and casually dropped the pen in his hand.

Martin walked over with a sinister smile.

"No, no, no, don't do this, I sold, I sold, they gave me a pound each—" Hoover immediately collapsed.

It's only a pound!

It's cheaper than Roque to Liang Dingxin, and Roque pays Liang Dingxin two pounds per person.

That's the crux of the matter –

Some people are hateful, but they are indeed capable, Roque asked Liang Dingxin to buy people, two pounds can not be bought by one person, De Beers Unified Mining Company asked Hoover to buy people, one pound at a time, you can buy tens of thousands of people at one time-

After the end of the war, the De Beers Unified Mining Company needed a large number of laborers, and according to Hoover, this time the De Beers Unified Mining Company needed at least tens of thousands of workers, so Hoover traveled thousands of miles from the Qing Dynasty to Johannesburg.

Of course, this is also related to the current war in the Qing Kingdom.

In fact, Roque does not know this history, in the original history, the end of the Second Boer War, Johannesburg imported a large number of workers from the Qing State, from the 30th year of Guangxu, that is, in 1904, the Qing State began to export labor to Johannesburg on a large scale, in June 1904, the first batch of 1055 Chinese workers arrived in Johannesburg by ship from Hong Kong.

By 1905, 50,000 Chinese workers had arrived in Johannesburg.

By November 1906, there were 63,296 Chinese workers in Johannesburg, accounting for more than one-third of the professional miners.

Unfortunately, because the Chinese workers were abused by the mine owners in Johannesburg, most of the Chinese workers left Johannesburg and returned to the Qing Dynasty after the contract ended, and since then, no Chinese have landed in Africa in a large scale.

With Roque here, if nothing else, at least it can protect the Chinese workers from the abuse of the mine owners, so how many Chinese workers will choose to stay in Johannesburg when the contract between the Chinese workers and the mine ends?

It's worth looking forward to.

"It's only a pound, and you don't make much-" Roque's mind turned, if this is the case, then it is much more cost-effective to buy someone from Hoover than from Liang Dingxin.

"It's not much, the De Beers Unified Mining Company only gives so much, and if it is more, the De Beers Unified Mining Company might as well hire those Zulus—" Hoover didn't understand what Roque meant, but knew to follow Roque's words.

"Very well, come and sign—" Roque didn't talk nonsense, and called Hoover to come over and sign the pledge.

"No, no, no, I can't sign—" Hoover read the confession, lost his soul, and looked at Roque with a look of fear.

This confession recorded evidence that Hoover profited from human trafficking from the Qing Dynasty to Johannesburg, and if he signed it, it would become a stain on Hoover's life.

Hundreds of years ago, white people began to trade black slaves, and black slaves also spread to every corner of the world with the white people's conquest of the world.

The problem is that even those who made their fortunes out of the slave trade will keep silent about this history, after all, everyone knows that the slave trade is shameful, and if Roque makes this confession public one day in the future, it will be a shame not only for Hoover, but for the whole of America.

Especially when Hoover became president of the United States.

Although Hoover was reluctant to sign, it was not Hoover's decision to sign or not, and as soon as Martin showed his trademark grin, Hoover trembled and stretched out his hand to sign his name under the confession.

Roque, of course, didn't forget to let Hoover press his handprint.

"Alright, now go change your clothes, take a shower, and then let's go to the restaurant for lunch." Roque put away his confession, and when he saw Hoover with a worried face, Roque smiled gently: "I have something to talk to you about, and if you can satisfy me, then this document will lie in the safe forever, and if I'm not satisfied, then Herbert, I'm sorry, someone must be unlucky when I'm angry." ”

At this point, Hoover no longer made useless resistance, and now Hoover is not the president of the United States, but a young man who has just left school, and he has not yet realized what kind of trouble such a document will bring him.

Walking into the sunny restaurant, Hoover really felt like a world away.

Medium-rare steaks, golden champagne, white napkins, and dark and cold basements are contrasted, and only by experiencing them can you understand the preciousness of life.

"If you can, I hope you can buy those miners back, don't worry, I have no other requirements, it doesn't even matter if the De Beers Unified Mining Company will pay them salaries, instead of cooperating with the De Beers Unified Mining Company, I suggest that you cooperate with me, what you have to do is no different from before, go back to the Qing Kingdom and organize people, give them simple language training, condition their bodies, supplement some nutrients, and then send them to Johannesburg, everyone, I'll give you two pounds. "Roque quickly entered the topic, anyway, they are all buyers, it is the same from whoever buys, Roque gave Liang Dingxin a chance, but Liang Dingxin did not seize it, although Roque hates Hoover, but Roque has to admit that compared with Liang Dingxin, people like Hoover are more useful.

It may seem like a paradox, but it's the truth.

"You, you need miners too?" Hoover had a new understanding of Roque.

"Of course you do, this is Johannesburg, and there's a lot of gold—" Roque smiled a little weirdly, as if he had intentionally or unintentionally flaunted the senior inspector badge on his shoulder.

Yes, although Roque is Chinese, but Roque works as a senior inspector in the Pretoria Police Department, is it difficult to get a gold mine?

At least Hoover didn't feel difficult.

After listening to Roque's purpose, Hoover looked at Roque's eyes again, and immediately had a trace of familiarity with the same smell.

It's been a long time, and you're also for those piglets-

Say it early!

You tossed me around for a long time.

Hoover felt like crying without tears, so good for one thing, is it necessary to make such trouble?