"Radium" products have been selling well in the West for decades, from the beginning of the twentieth century to the seventies of the twentieth century, there are still products with "radium" added to the market.

In fact, this thing is really poisonous, and a normal person using a product with the added element of "radium" will completely collapse in four or five years at most.

The harmfulness of "radium" will not be taken seriously until after the thirties, and the reason why people have not noticed the harmfulness of "radium" before that is because "radium" is a high-grade raw material, and the products that use "radium" are usually expensive, and ordinary people cannot afford to use them at all, so "radium" products have not caused a wider range of harm.

How ironic!

Limited by the objective situation at this time, Roque will definitely not hype up the harmfulness of radium, but Roque will remind everyone around him to stay away from products with "radium" added.

Thinking about it this way, it will be relatively simple for Roque to deal with the enemy in the future, if anyone offends Roque, then Roque only needs to give the enemy some products with "radium" added, then it won't be long before Roque's enemy will end up without "disease".

Back in Johannesburg, Roque began to devote himself to the leisurely job of police chief.

Not busy, really not busy.

Roque himself did not toss, the work was immediately leisurely, there were cavalry regiments patrolling the border, this cavalry regiment sent by Hopkins had participated in all the major battles after the Battle of Randy Smith, and it could be regarded as a meritorious unit, and their performance on the frontal battlefield may not be satisfactory, but it was still no problem to garrison the border.

The farmers on the Kronstad border set up many clubs, some large and some small, the big ones numbered more than 100 people, and the small ones were only twenty or thirty people, although the number was small, but the effect was not small, and they effectively filled the gap in the patrol of the cavalry regiment, cruising around the border in groups of three or five, and if they found anything unusual, they would report to the patrol and the police station.

The farmers were busy harvesting, the first potatoes had already entered the harvest period, the farmers did not expect the yield to be so high, many farms had to hire Zulus for a short period of time, Christian Exploration had a new project, they hired Zulus from Zululand, and then leased the Zulus to the farm, and then sent the people back to Zululand when the farm was over, Christian made money, the farmer did the work, the tax office got the tax, and everyone was satisfied.

The miners were busy mining, and when Ida took over the mines, she began to streamline the mines, diverting them to farms and reservoirs except for the skilled professional miners.

After a week's investigation, Ida and more than 20 miners with problematic attitudes were terminated from their work contracts, and they lost the opportunity to work and live in Johannesburg, and were to be sent back to Qingguo in batches.

"These miners are moths in the gold mine, I do not deny that the vast majority of miners have a good attitude, they are very efficient, work conscientiously, and abide by discipline, but the overall excellence can not cover up the shortcomings of the individual, these people have a problem with their work attitude, some of them do not obey the management, are lazy in their work, not only can not complete their tasks, but also affect other workers; Some people organize miners to gamble when they are not working, although the mine has strict regulations in this regard, but it does not seem to be thoroughly enforced, and there are also people who have character problems, theft, brawls - in short, these people must be cleaned up, their existence has no value for a business, and will only become a drag on the business. Ada's reason shocked Roque, who had never known that the situation was so serious.

In fact, it is also very normal, after all, the Chinese still pay attention to human feelings and sophistication, and in the case of the Rock Gold Mine, it is inevitable that the rule of man will replace the legal system after a long time.

Thinking about it now, it's no wonder that there have been a few times when Buck saw Roque and stopped talking, which is probably related to this situation.

"The Chinese are excellent workers, but not excellent management talents, the management of the Roque gold mine, except for the financial department, has not received professional training, the gold mine can run until now has not closed down is very surprising, I am ready to replace the management all with professionals, the existing management members either go to European universities to learn modern management and professional knowledge, or fend for themselves, the gold mine is not a welfare society, nor is it a nursing home, to do business, you have to have the appearance of doing business." Ada's words made Roque embarrassed, this is the state of running a business.

Since what Ida said made sense, Roque used people without suspicion, and in order to support Ada, Roque first called Buck, Hawley, and Lewis together for a meeting.

Lewis is also Chinese, the unlucky guy who once lost money in the Matilda gold mine, and after Roque finds out the thief, Lewis wants to teach the thief a lesson, and the four of them can control him.

After arriving at the Rock Gold Mine, Lewis joined the Gold Mine Security Team and quickly rose to prominence, becoming the new Security Captain of the Rock Gold Mine after Hook traveled to Nyasaland.

"Is what Ada said true?" Roque wants to verify it first and see what these three say.

Buck, Hawley, and Lewis looked at each other with a look of shame on their faces.

"Sir, what Madame Capet said does exist—" Buck, the general manager of the gold mines, has a duty to do so.

"Why not deal with it sooner?" Roque is not to be held responsible, this matter is investigated, Roque is also responsible, who made him like to be the shopkeeper so much.

Roque's attitude towards such things has always been zero tolerance.

There are many kinds of mistakes, such as theft, gambling, picking quarrels and provoking trouble, these are all active crimes, as long as someone makes mistakes in this regard, Roque will never be soft on dealing with them.

Some mistakes are passive mistakes, such as fights and brawls, which are inevitable at the moment when Roque deliberately cultivates the martial spirit of the Chinese, and if someone makes mistakes in this regard, Roque can still be accommodating here.

"It's been dealt with many times, and a few of us feel that this is all a trivial matter, and there is no need to report everything, so-" Buck is also helpless, the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, there must be scum among the Chinese, many workers in the Rock Gold Mine have already bought farms, and many people have joined the security team, and now there are probably more than 3,000 ordinary miners left, and it is normal for a few black sheep to come out.

Considering that the Chinese in this era did not receive systematic education, and the proportion of scum among the Chinese was higher, the descriptions of the Chinese in all literary works around the world during this period were full of the same plots as in Lu Xun's essays, which were not all slander and scandalization.

The situation in Johannesburg is relatively special, Roque knew what the Chinese were like during this period, so Roque gave up the process of educating the Chinese, but directly told the Chinese what they could do and what they could not do, and used the simplest and crude way to regulate the behavior of the Chinese.

The effect is actually quite good, the Chinese have one of the biggest advantages is to obey the management, once the Chinese realize the benefits of abiding by the rules, then many Chinese will take the initiative to maintain the rules, and anyone who tries to break the rules will be unanimously targeted by the Chinese.

To put it bluntly, this situation is still "poor", the ancestors said "cang-yu and know etiquette", this is not wrong at all, when the stomach is not full, no one can have much moral cultivation, the "cultivation" of cultivation, it is very vivid to explain how the "cultivation" comes from, the stomach is not full, there is no mood of "cultivation" at all, and there is also no qualification for "raising".

The same Chinese of this period were numb, lazy, greedy, and even shameless in their literary works.

But in Johannesburg, the Chinese who have gradually stabilized their lives are praised by the whites, and the Chinese who have a promising life will take the initiative to maintain the reputation of the Chinese, and the miners in the rock gold mine are a group of people who are not enterprising, and the workers who have a little vision have already bought the farm and become a new generation of farmers, and those who continue to stay in the rock gold mine are particularly serious.

"Okay, from now on, Buck, your main job is in Ziwei Town, Holly, your main job is in the Agricultural Association, Lewis, you are also in charge of gold mine security, and those Chinese workers who have terminated their labor contracts must be repatriated to Qing as soon as possible." Roark supports Ada's cleanup of the Rock gold mine, and as for going to Europe to study, there is no need to go to Europe, Buck himself is a college graduate, Hawley and Lewis can speak English and can't write, and they are blind when they go, and they don't know how many years it will take to return.

Roque pinned his hopes on the next generation of Chinese, if he could, Roque hoped that all second-generation Chinese in the Transvaal could receive a systematic modern education, the importance of education does not need to be emphasized, Cecil Rhodes earned the first pot of gold in the Kimberley, in the next 8 years, Cecil Rhodes in addition to economic speculation, but also spent nearly half of his time back to England to study economics and philosophy at Oxford University, which led to the future South African company.

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Ada's work was indeed vigorous, and with Roque's approval, Ada immediately took over the Rock Gold Mine with a new management team.

The takeover was uneventful, and the miners, who had been discharged from their contracts, did not seem to realise they had lost their jobs, and were sent directly to the Johannesburg train station by police and security.

They would take a train to Durban first, and then take a ship from Durban back to Qingguo.

The current Qing Kingdom is in dire straits, and they are returning to the Qing Kingdom now, and the fate is difficult to predict, after all, in the Qing Kingdom, they are also people who have worked for foreign devils.

Roque doesn't care about these unlucky guys, Albert Simpson's injury has basically stabilized, recovery is impossible, even if he recovers, Albert Simpson's face can't be seen, Roque doesn't want to waste valuable medical resources on Albert Simpson, so Roque and Austin Pence contacted Albert Simpson to conduct a public trial of Albert Simpson in Bloemfontein.

Why Bloemfontein?

For Roque wanted to teach the Boers of Orange a profound lesson about the fate of lawlessness in the Transvaal.

Only trying Albert Simpson alone probably can't leave a deep lesson on the Boers, so Roque and Austin Pence contacted to arrest more criminals and try them together at that time, so that the scale can be formed, and there are enough cases for the Boers to learn a lesson, otherwise there will be a death penalty after the trial, and it is estimated that the Boers are not afraid.

"Our Johannesburg prisoners are going to be tried in Orange too?" Joe Russell didn't quite understand why Roque was making such a big fuss.

"Of course, what does it do if the place of trial is in Johannesburg? We just want to let the Boers know the consequences of breaking the law, so that they dare not touch the bottom line of the law. "Roque is murderous, since he wants to kill chickens and monkeys, he can't say that he has to kill a few more.

"Shall we inform Your Excellency the Chancellor, then?" Joe Russell already knew the trial principles established by Roque: strict, severe, and speedy, in short, a group of people must be killed in order to serve as a warning.

"That's for sure, otherwise how to embody the majesty of the law!" Roque does not overstep his authority, Ade is right, Roque is just a policeman, and he only does what a police officer should do.

After Britain established a constitutional monarchy, it formed a system of separation of powers in which the executive power was vested in the cabinet, the legislative power was vested in the upper and lower houses, and the judicial power was vested in the courts.

As a British colony, the Transvaal still uses the British separation of powers.

It's just that in the Transvaal, everything is not yet on track, the governor's palace and the court are now established, and the parliament, that is, the parliament, is still a matter of shadow, and it is estimated that the establishment of a parliament will not be possible until the democratic representative system is established.

Since there is no parliament, there is naturally no legislature, and the law used by the Transvaal is the law used in the Cape Colony, and the Boer part was extremely strict at the beginning, and some parts even treated the Boers and Zulus equally, which once caused strong resentment among the Boers in the Cape.

When the Parliaments of the Transvaal and Orange are formed, they will definitely make their own laws for the Transvaal and Orange, and the part about the Boers will definitely be revised at that time, but until then, Roque will be able to use the laws of the Cape Colony to crack down on the Boers.

"Well, the main problem now is, we don't have enough criminals, there are less than ten prisoners left in the police station who haven't been tried, and there are some in the prison, do you want to pull those people out and try again?" Joe Russell is still very clever,

"Don't worry, contact Bloemfontein, there are not many criminals on our side, not necessarily on their side." Roque is not worried about the lack of criminals, in the twenty-first century, there are piles of people in European and American prisons, and there will only be more in this era.

As for why there are no criminals in Johannesburg, it has to do with the general environment in Johannesburg, everyone is busy making money, and no one really has trouble with money.

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