There is no need to explain, Owen's attitude has proven how disgusted he is with this Henry.

But Roque was very unhappy, and was used as a gun by the Matilda family-

It has always been Roque who used the Matilda family as a gunman.

"Don't explain?" Roque and Owen are not polite, to say something unpleasant, even if Phyllis is not considered, the two of them have shared a dirty relationship together.

"Explain what?" Owen's face was very bad, and he raised his chin slightly when he spoke, but there was not much offensive arrogance, but it made people feel a little arrogant: "If you want to win this competition, this is what you have to face sooner or later." ”

"What competition?" Roque is not pretending to be stupid, he really doesn't want to use his brain, and when he is with friends, he has to relax.

No matter how others position the relationship between Roque and the Matilda family, in fact, the relationship between Roque and the Matilda family is to support each other, in the Transvaal, Roque and the Baron Philippe family are outsiders, and if they want to gain a foothold in the Transvaal, they cannot tear each other down.

Even if Arnold was a fool who couldn't recognize this, Owen must have known.

"The relationship between the Alsop family and my family has always been good, at least since my grandfather's generation, our two families have been very close, Lena is a member of the Alsop family, Phyllis had a good relationship with the Henry just now when she was a child, so the two lords wanted Phyllis to marry the guy just now, that guy was good when he was young, he was a good playmate, but the longer he grew up, the more crippled he became, and now he is a gentleman, Phyllis doesn't want to marry him, and I don't want to, so I sent Phyllis to Cape Town-" Owen explained several questions in one fell sle.

Lena is Arnold's wife, so the Alsop family and the Matilda family are already in-laws, but the parents on both sides should feel that they can go further, which is why there is so much bullshit later.

"I want to thank you for that." Roque did have to thank Owen, otherwise Phyllis wouldn't have come to Cape Town.

Olvern Byrne, but not much happier, probably in Owen's opinion, the Henry of the Alsop family is certainly not a good match for Phyllis, but Roque is not much better.

Skin color, skin color——

This is a serious problem.

Owen looked at Roque with a look full of regret, if Roque was white-

If Roque was a white man from an aristocratic family, then Roque was perfect.

Roque can understand Owen's eyes, but Roque doesn't think so, Roque is confident that in the future, Roque will definitely be able to break this shackle.

Of course, this time can't be too long, and after a long time, Phyllis will be in a hurry.

"There's a small problem-" Owen's eyes suddenly straightened, and then he looked sad: "This guy just worked in the Internal Affairs Department, and now he's in trouble-"

When Britain annexed the Transvaal, all government departments were just established, and it was obviously not enough to send government officials from the Cape to solve the problem of manpower shortage, so many government officials were from the British mainland, such as Baron Philip.

The same is true of Henry of the Alsop family.

"It's not troublesome, isn't this guy alone in the Internal Affairs Department, doesn't he like to go to that miners' club? Find someone to invite him to the miners' club, and while he's away, you'll do it quietly. "Roque has a lot of ghost ideas, and he is a Chinese man.

"Great idea!" Owen looked at Roque as if he had discovered a new world, but he immediately realized that something was wrong: "No, shouldn't this be your operation?" ”

"No matter how much it costs, I'll give you twice as much!" Roque was going to crush Owen to death with gold.

"It's not a matter of much money—" Owen still resisted.

"Triple as much!" Roque added weight, if he couldn't achieve his goal, it must be that the feelings were not in place.

Owen began to struggle, saying that the children of the nobles were also short of money, thinking about the small appearance of Henry and Phyllis when they saw the gold, if it wasn't for the fact that the gold couldn't be eaten, it was estimated that they would swallow it in one bite.

Owen is also short of money, and he is very short of money, and Owen has no gold mine in his name.

"Almost, if you're not satisfied, I'll go to Pretoria." Roque was not hanged from a tree, if Owen couldn't take the Johannesburg Home Office, Roque would go to Pretoria to find Henry of Matilda's family, with the relationship between Roque and Henry in Pretoria, it would not be difficult to do this.

In the final analysis, Hawley is not going to marry an Englishman, but a Boer who is also at the bottom of society, although the Boers are white, but the British don't care about the white skin of the Boers, this "white" is also a little useful for colored races, within the white people -

Don't look at the Anglo-Boer War, the countries of the European continent were happy, and they really supported the Boers with real money, except for the Netherlands, which is of the same origin, it is estimated that no country will do that.

For example, Germany -

Britain is not the only-stirring stick in Europe.

"Okay, I'll try." Owen was finally taken down by the Silver Bullet Offensive - the Golden Egg Offensive.

That's right!

Roque was pleased with the result.

In fact, even if it is not officially recognized, Roque can give Hawley and Connie enough protection, but that is not what Roque wants, official recognition is not only an insignificant marriage registration, but more importantly, similar to this kind of marriage registration, as long as there is one case, then it also means that as a Chinese person of color, can form a family with a white person, which will effectively improve the social status of Chinese in the Transvaal.

In general, law is divided into civil law and common law systems, and an important principle of the common law system is "following precedent".

This "stare decisis" means that the rules of law in a particular judgment apply not only to the case, but also often as a precedent to cases under the jurisdiction of that court or a lower court, and as long as the basic facts of the cases are the same or similar, they must be dealt with according to the rules set down in the precedent.

Therefore, as long as there is a case of marriage between a Chinese and a Boer that is recognized by the Johannesburg City Government, then in the future, the Chinese and Boers will not be hindered from forming a family at the official level.

Although the Boers are the objects of autocracy, they are white after all, and if the Chinese can form a family with the Boers, then can the Chinese form a family with the British, who are also white?

This question is too sensitive, take your time, Roque still has time.

It was indeed sensitive, and the next day, Owen took the initiative to call Roque and ask Roque for coffee.

"I haven't seen Mrs. Zun and Ling Lang and Ling Yan, it's a little meaning, it's not a respect." Roque gave gifts as soon as he came up.

Owen is married, and his wife is also from a noble family, with a son and a daughter, but Owen's wife and children are in London and did not come to Johannesburg with Owen.

"Thanks—" Owen didn't open the box, which was rude.

Moreover, the gift from Roque must be worth a lot of money, and it is not appropriate to take it apart in a place like a café.

"This is for Phyllis—" Roque had a special request.

The gift to Phyllis was not wrapped in a cardboard box, and it was not too expensive, a wood carving of a large figure, Owen looked at it, and was not embarrassed to refuse.

It's short-handed!

"It's not easy, there's no precedent for this, I went to Spike, an entry clerk in the Internal Affairs Office, but Spike didn't dare to make his own decisions." Owen gets straight to the point.

The benefits have already been taken so much, there is no need to hide it anymore, in fact, Roque wants to give Phyllis something, there is no need to find Owen at all, Roque has a way.

But Roque didn't hide it, but generously transferred it through Owen, which made Owen have a lot of good feelings for Roque.

Frank people are welcome at all times.

"No, don't take this kind of thing to the parliament to discuss-" Roque was serious, Owen almost laughed, Johannesburg hasn't even built a city hall yet, so what kind of council is there.

"How much does it cost to get Spike up?" Problems that can be solved with money, Roque is too lazy to think of other solutions.

"How much can you give?" Owen was interested.

"What is Spike's salary?" Roque doesn't rush to make an offer.

"About £150 a year." This figure includes colonial subsidies, and under normal circumstances, the annual salary of a mid-level clerk in the native government is only about £100.

"Give him 1,500 pounds." Roque is generous, and his shot is ten years' salary.

"Shhh Owen surprises.

Enough, ten years of salary, even for Owen, is enough for Owen to risk anything.

In fact, Spike registers Holly and Connie, and the biggest risk is to lose his job, and he will not be sued in court, after all, this is not a crime, at most it is a dereliction of duty.

The information was not smooth in the first year, Spike lost his job in Johannesburg, and could rejoin in other colonies, and even if Spike asked for it, Roark could have Spike re-inducted in Pretoria.

With Roque's help, maybe the level will be even higher-

"If it's not enough, I'll add more!" Roque has a lot of money.

"Enough! If Spike still doesn't dare, I can go to someone else, and Spike isn't the only entry clerk in the Home Office. Owen smiled happily, but Roque had promised that no matter how much it cost, Roque would give Owen three times as much.

Three times £1,500 –

4500 pounds!

With Roque's character, maybe he will make up for Owen.

Returning home in the evening, Owen handed over the wood carving to Phyllis.

"Locke—" Owen didn't make a sound, just lip-synched.

Phyllis understood in seconds, hugged Owen, kissed Owen vigorously on the face, snatched the wood carving, and jumped back to her room.

Owen shook his head speechlessly.

This girl can't be kept.

Because there was something on his mind, Owen didn't carefully inspect the wood carving, and Phyllis wouldn't be so careless.

After returning to the room, Phyllis ravaged the big man's innocent fat face before throwing herself on the bed.

Picking up the wood carving and looking at it for a while, Phyllis pushed a little hard to unscrew the belly of the "big man".

Sure enough, it's a hidden mystery.

Or these two have a tacit understanding.