Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Big Shot

In order to ensure that the police officers are well-dressed in front of the big shots, the Cape Town Police Department has set aside £500 for this security event, in addition to preparing appropriate clothing for the officers on duty, and hiring etiquette teachers to regulate the manners and politeness of the officers.

"Etiquette is a gentleman, a lady, smile before speaking, and bow at every turn." Anton complained a lot, in fact, because Anton had just gone to the tailor shop to customize the clothes, and as a result, the police station had to distribute dresses to the police, which made Anton resentful.

A full ten pounds, Anton still thinks about it quite painfully.

"Don't say strange things, if you bring your own dress, then the cost of the costume prepared by the bureau will be discounted, and you'd better cut your hair." Roque is very dissatisfied with Anton's hairstyle, and the yin and yang head is so worthy of nostalgia? In white society, only women who violate ethics and morals are shaved yin and yang.

"Like you? I don't want to be a monk. "Roque can't get used to Anton's hairstyle, Anton can't get used to Roque, in the Qing Kingdom, only monks can shave a bald head like Roque.

"If you don't get a haircut, you can't participate in security operations." Roque smiled, empty words are not as touching as real money.

"If you don't participate in security operations, will you still be discounted?" Anton is still thinking about money.

"What do you say?" Roque smiled even more happily, of course he would not have any money if he did not participate in the security operation.

It's really a good excuse to persuade Anton to naturalize them, it wasted Roque's countless tongues, Roque can imagine how troublesome it will be to convince Anton to cut off their braids, at least the British have given up doing this, in fact, the Chinese also have turbans similar to Indian Sikhs, and many Chinese people will also wear braids in their hats when they wear cowboy hats, which proves that the Chinese don't like braids on their heads.

But it's one thing to dislike it, it's another thing to cut off the braids, cutting off the braids means completely severing relations with the Qing State, which is a big crime to kill the head in the Qing State.

Facts have proved that the charm of money is endless, or rather, after becoming a naturalized Cape Town, Anton and Anton have been psychologically prepared to completely sever relations with Qing Guo, that night, many Chinese policemen cut off their braids, and they didn't even go to the barbershop, the brothers helped each other to cut the braids directly with scissors, anyway, no one cares whether the hairstyle after cutting the braids looks good or not.

It's so convenient.

A week later, all the commandos got a uniform custom dress, which was a simplified version of the standard dress that Roque customized, with a tuxedo, waistcoat and trousers, and leather shoes, but no canes and pocket watches, but this was not a problem, and a pocket towel in the breast pocket could also be decorative.

"The dinner takes place on the night of Christmas Eve, now let's get to know some of the big guys—" In addition to the etiquette training, the commandos also need to meet some important people who attend the banquet, they are the main protection of the commandos, and Henry is in charge of this work.

"First of all, our great Governor, Sir Alfred Milner, I am sure you are no stranger to him—" said Henry as he hung a picture of Alfred Milner on the wall beside him, and he had many more in his hand.

"Then there is the new Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, Field Marshal Sir Frederick Roberts, and the new Chief of Staff of the Expeditionary Force, General Horatio Herbert Kitchener – and finally, our Prime Minister, Mr. William Philip Schreiner, who, like you, I don't know why Mr. Schreiner was in Cape Town, I thought he would go to the Transvaal to negotiate with Mr. Paul Kruger." It is not surprising that Henry did not seem to have any respect for Chancellor Schreiner, who advocated negotiations with the Boers, and Governor Alfred Milner was adamant, and Schreiner did not stay long in the Chancellor position, if nothing else.

By the time Henry finished his introduction, dozens of photographs had been densely hung on the walls, including a photo of Police Chief August Russell, that is, these dozens of people on the wall constituted the so-called "high society" of Cape Town.

It appears that this was a welcome dinner for Sir Frederick Roberts and General Horatio Herbert Kitchener, and the defeat at the Battle of Ladysmith led to the resignation of the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, Admiral Redforth Buhler, and Sir Frederick Roberts as the successor of Admiral Bühler.

This was good news for the Cape Colony, and Sir Frederick Roberts, an experienced colonial general who had served for a long time as Commander-in-Chief of the Army in India, would be the savior of the Cape Colony.

But this was not necessarily good news for Roque, who was a standard Englishman, but he was born in India and might have a better opinion of Indians.

Of course, not necessarily, the strange thing about Indians is that people who don't know them have certain expectations of them.

And the more you get to know them, the more you hate them.

"Remember these faces, each of them has a lot of background, if you accidentally offend someone who shouldn't be offended, Mr. Director won't help you speak." Henry was right, none of these people on the wall, Roque and them could not afford to offend.

"Locke, I see they all look about the same." Roque could barely make out it, and Anton was completely dumbfounded, not only white people have face blindness to Chinese, but many Chinese people are the same with white people, in fact, because of less contact.

"That's it, all of them have red eyebrows and green eyes, and foreign devils all look the same." Luo Yi has not recovered from his injury, but he has already started to work, because if he doesn't go to work, he will not get a salary, he is really a tenacious Xiaoqiang.

Receiving a whip is also good for Luo Yi, Luo Yi successfully made everyone in the police station remember him with his crazy performance, many people may still not like Luo Yi, but when it comes to Luo Yi, even those who don't like Luo Yi have to say a good man.

"Don't talk nonsense, remember them as much as you can, and don't make a mess when the time comes." Roque has no distractions, and it was important for Roque to remember these people, not just for the security services on Christmas Eve.

Unlike Anton, Roque's goal in life is not just to live, but to live better.

Roque is not British, he has no deep background in Cape Town, and there is no large ethnic group to help him, if he wants to get ahead, he can't do without the support of big people, these people on the wall, to a large extent, can decide Roque's fate, Roque must ensure that when they need themselves, they can leave a deep enough impression on them.